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<br />ORGANIZATION OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT <br /> <br />§ 43.203 <br /> <br />"(e) The changes in law made by this Act in Sections 43.002, 43.054, <br />43.0545, 43.0546, 43.056(b), (c), (e), (0, (g), (l), (m), (n), and (0), <br />43.0565, 43.0712, 43.121(a), 43.141(c), 43.148, 43.905, and 43.906, Local <br />Government Code, as added or amended by this Act, apply to the <br />annexation of an area that is not required to be included in a <br />municipal annexation plan under Section 43.052, Local Government <br />Code as amended by this Act, ü the fll'St hearing notice required by <br />secti~n 43.063, Local Government Code, as added by this Act, is <br />published on or after September 1, 1999." <br /> <br />[Sections 43.149 to 43.200 reserved for expansion] <br /> <br />SUBCHAPTER H. ALTERATION <br />OF ANNEXATION STATUS <br /> <br />§ 43.201. Definitions <br /> <br />In this subchapter: <br /> <br />(1) "Consent agreement" means an agreement <br />between a district and a municipality under Section <br />42.042. <br /> <br />(2) "Limited-purpose annexation" means annex- <br />ation authorized under Section 43.121. <br /> <br />Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 787, § 2, err. Sept. 1, <br />1995. <br /> <br />§ 43.202. Applicability <br /> <br />This subchapter applies to: <br /> <br />(1) a municipal utility district operating under <br />Chapter 54, Water Code, that: <br /> <br />(A) was annexed for full purposes by a municipal- <br />ity as a condition of the municipality granting con- <br />sent to the creation of the district; <br /> <br />(B) was annexed by the municipality on the san1e <br />date as at least five other districts; and <br /> <br />(C) has not had on the eighth anniversary of the <br />district's annexation by the municipality more than <br />10 percent of the housing units or commercial <br />square footage authorized in its consent agreement <br />constructed; and <br /> <br />(2) a municipality that has: <br /> <br />(A) annexed territory for limited purposes; <br /> <br />(B) disannexed territory that previously was an- <br />nexed for limited purposes; and <br /> <br />(C) previously disannexed territory in a munici- <br />pal utility district originally annexed for full pur- <br />poses on the same date as a district to which this <br />section applies. <br /> <br />Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 787, § 2, err. Sept. 1, <br />1995. <br /> <br />§ 43.203. Alteration of Annexation Status <br /> <br />(a) The governing body of a district by resolution <br />may petition a municipality to alter the annexation <br />status of land in the district from full-purpose annex- <br />ation to limited-purpose annexation. <br /> <br />(b) On receipt of the district's petition, the govern- <br />ing body of the municipality shall enter into negotia- <br />tions with the district for an agreement to alter the <br />status of annexation that must: <br /> <br />(1) specify the period, which may not be less than <br />10 years beginning on January 1 of the year follow- <br />ing the date of the agreement, in which limitecl- <br />purpose annexation is in effect; <br />(2) provide that, at the expiration of the period, <br />the district's annexation status will automatically <br />revert to full-purpose annexation without follo\\ing <br />procedures provided by Sections 43.051 through <br />43.055 or any other procedural requirement for <br />annexation not in effect on January 1, 1995; and <br />(3) specify the financial obligations of the district <br />during and after the period of limited-purpose an- <br />nexation for: <br />(A) facilities constructed by the municipality that <br />are in or that serve the district; <br />(B) debt incurred by the district for water and <br />sewer infrastructure that will be assumed by the <br />municipality at the end of the peliod of limited- <br />purpose annexation; and <br />(C) use of the municipal sales taxes collected by <br />the numicipality for facilities or services in the <br />district. <br />(c) If an agreement is not reached \\ithin 90 days <br />after the date the municipality receives a petition <br />submitted by a district: <br /> <br />(1) the district's status is automatically altered <br />from full-purpose annexation to limited-purpose an- <br />nexation for a period of not less than 10 years, <br />beginning January 1 of the year following the date <br />of the submission of a petition, unless the voters of <br />the district have approved the dissolution of the <br />distlict through an election authorized by this sec- <br />tion; and <br />(2) on the expiration of the 10-year peliod of <br />Subdivision (1), notwithstanding any other provision <br />of law, the district may be restored to full-purpose <br />annexation at the option of the municipality, provid- <br />ed that the municipality assumes all obligations <br />otherwise assigned by law to a municipality that <br />annexes a disbict; and <br /> <br />83 <br />