Sec. 43.0712. INVALIDATION OF ANNEXATION OF SPECIAL DISTRICT; REIMBURSEMENT OF DEVELOPER. (a) If a municipality enacts an ordinance to annex a special district and assumes control and operation of utilities within the district, and the annexation is invalidated by a final judgment of a court after all appeals have been exhausted, the municipality is deemed, by enactment of its annexation ordinance, to have acquired title to utilities owned by a developer within the special district and is obligated to pay the developer all amounts related to the utilities as provided in Section 43.0715.
(b) Upon resumption of the functions of the special district:
(1) the municipality shall succeed to the contractual rights of the developer to be reimbursed by the special district for the utilities the municipality acquires from the developer; and
(2) the special district shall resume the use of the utilities acquired and paid for by the municipality and shall thereafter acquire the utilities from the municipality and reimburse the municipality for amounts the municipality paid the developer. The payment to the municipality shall be governed by the requirements of the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1167, Sec. 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government
Subtitle C - Municipal Boundaries and Annexation
Chapter 43 - Municipal Annexation
Subchapter D. Annexation Provisions Relating to Special Districts
Section 43.071. Authority to Annex Water or Sewer District
Section 43.0712. Invalidation of Annexation of Special District; Reimbursement of Developer
Section 43.072. Authority to Annex Municipal Utility District by Home-Rule Municipality
Section 43.074. Abolition of Water-Related Special District Created Wholly in Municipality
Section 43.0751. Strategic Partnerships for Continuation of Certain Districts
Section 43.07515. Regulation of Fireworks Under Strategic Partnership Agreement Law
Section 43.0753. Regional Development Agreements
Section 43.0754. Regional Participation Agreements
Section 43.0761. Provision of Water and Sanitary Sewer Utility Service
Section 43.082. Annexation by Certain Municipalities of Land Owned by Navigation District
Section 43.083. Annexation by Certain Municipalities That Operate Municipally Owned Water Utility