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(I) Within a specified time limit, a city that is proposing an annexation must complete a <br />service plan that provides for the extension of full municipal services to the area to be <br />annexed. (Sec.43.056). <br />(II) Said full municipal services must be provided in the annexed area no later than 2% years <br />after the effective date of the annexation. (There is opportunity for extension of certain <br />services, but no later than 4% years after the date of the annexation.) <br />(III) However, under this program if a city provides any of the following services within its <br />corporate limits prior to annexation, the city must provide those services in the area <br />proposed for annexation on the effective date of the annexation of the area: <br />(a) police protection; <br />(b) fire; <br />(c) emergency medical services; <br />(d) solid waste collection (except as certain conditions require); <br />(e) operation and maintenance of water and wastewater facilities in the annexed area <br />that are not within the service area of another water or wastewater utility (as <br />defined by CCNs); <br />(f) operation and maintenance of roads and streets, including road and street lighting; <br />(g) operation and maintenance of parks, playgrounds, and swimming pools, and <br />(h) operation and maintenance of any other publicly owned facility, building, or service. <br />The service plan may be amended to extend the period of construction if said <br />construction is occurring as quickly as possible. There are also other criteria regarding <br />provision of services in the annexed area based on the existing level of service in the <br />area to be annexed, etc. The proposed service plan must be made available for public <br />inspection and explained to the inhabitants of the area at the public hearings held under <br />Sec. 43.0561. A service plan is valid for ten years; renewal of the service plan is at the <br />discretion of the municipality. There are also other opportunities for citizens to enforce <br />the service plan. <br />Section 4: Provisions Re�ardin� Disannexation <br />1. Disannexation for Failure to Provide Services (Sec. 43. 141): <br />(A) A majority of the qualified voters of an annexed area may petition the governing body of the <br />municipality to disannex the area if the municipality fails or refuses to provide services or to <br />cause services to be provided to the area within the period specified by Section 43.056 or by <br />the service plan prepared for the area under that Section. <br />4 <br />f � <br />