Sec. 43.121. AUTHORITY OF POPULOUS HOME-RULE MUNICIPALITIES TO ANNEX FOR LIMITED PURPOSES; OTHER AUTHORITY NOT AFFECTED. (a) Subject to Section 43.1211, the governing body of a home-rule municipality with more than 225,000 inhabitants by ordinance may annex an area for the limited purposes of applying its planning, zoning, health, and safety ordinances in the area.
(b) To be annexed for limited purposes, an area must be:
(1) within the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction; and
(2) contiguous to the corporate boundaries of the municipality, unless the owner of the area consents to noncontiguous annexation.
(c) The provisions of this subchapter, other than Sections 43.1211 and 43.136, do not affect the authority of a municipality to annex an area for limited purposes under Section 43.136 or any other statute granting the authority to annex for limited purposes.
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1, Sec. 3(k), eff. Aug. 28, 1989. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 822, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1167, Sec. 13, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 6 (S.B. 6), Sec. 37, eff. December 1, 2017.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government
Subtitle C - Municipal Boundaries and Annexation
Chapter 43 - Municipal Annexation
Subchapter F. Limited Purpose Annexation
Section 43.1211. Use of Consent Procedures to Annex for Limited Purposes
Section 43.122. Certain Strip Annexations Prohibited
Section 43.123. Report Regarding Planning Study and Regulatory Plan
Section 43.124. Public Hearings
Section 43.125. Adoption of Regulatory Plan
Section 43.126. Period for Completion of Annexation
Section 43.127. Annexation for Full Purposes
Section 43.128. Judicial Remedies: Forced Annexation or Disannexation
Section 43.129. Consensual Annexation
Section 43.130. Effect of Annexation on Voting Rights, Eligibility for Office, and Taxing Authority
Section 43.131. Effect of Annexation on Extraterritorial Jurisdiction