Sec. 43.0117. AUTHORITY OF MUNICIPALITY TO ANNEX AREA NEAR MILITARY BASE. (a) In this section, "military base" means a presently functioning federally owned or operated military installation or facility.
(b) A municipality may annex for full or limited purposes, under the annexation provisions applicable to that municipality under this chapter, any part of the area located within five miles of the boundary of a military base in which an active training program is conducted. The annexation proposition shall be stated to allow the voters of the area to be annexed to choose between either annexation or providing the municipality with the authority to adopt and enforce an ordinance regulating the land use in the area in the manner recommended by the most recent joint land use study.
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