Sec. 43.0115. AUTHORITY OF CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES TO ANNEX ENCLAVES. (a) This section applies only to a municipality that:
(1) is wholly or partly located in a county in which a majority of the population of two or more municipalities, each with a population of 300,000 or more, are located; and
(2) proposes to annex an area that:
(A) is wholly surrounded by a municipality and within the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction; and
(B) has fewer than 100 dwelling units.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, the governing body of a municipality by ordinance may annex an area without the consent of any of the residents of, voters of, or owners of land in the area under the procedures prescribed by Subchapter C-1.
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 6 (S.B. 6), Sec. 4, eff. December 1, 2017.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government
Subtitle C - Municipal Boundaries and Annexation
Chapter 43 - Municipal Annexation
Subchapter A. -1. General Authority to Annex
Section 43.0115. Authority of Certain Municipalities to Annex Enclaves
Section 43.0116. Authority of Municipality to Annex Industrial Districts
Section 43.0117. Authority of Municipality to Annex Area Near Military Base
Section 43.012. Authority of Type a General-Law Municipality to Annex Area It Owns
Section 43.013. Authority of Municipality to Annex Navigable Stream
Section 43.014. Authority to Annex Limited to Extraterritorial Jurisdiction
Section 43.015. Authority of Adjacent Municipalities to Change Boundaries by Agreement
Section 43.017. Prohibition Against Annexation to Surround Municipality in Certain Counties