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Texas Water Code - WATER § 51.537. Municipality's Authority Regarding Defined Area

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

(a) This section applies only to a municipality any portion of which is located in a county with a population of more than 1.2 million and less than 1.5 million.

(b) A municipality may not annex a part of a defined area in a district that has adopted a plan for the defined area under this subchapter unless:

(1) 90 percent or more of all facilities and infrastructure described by the plan has been installed and completed; and

(2) the municipality:

(A) annexes all of the defined area that is within the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction; and

(B) assumes the pro rata share of the bonded indebtedness of the annexed area.

(c) After the annexation occurs:

(1) the annexed area is not eligible to be a defined area under this subchapter; and

(2) the district may not impose in the annexed area a tax authorized for a defined area under this subchapter.

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