Sec. 43.122. CERTAIN STRIP ANNEXATIONS PROHIBITED. A municipality may not annex for limited purposes any strip of territory, including a strip following the course of a road, highway, river, stream, or creek, that is, at its narrowest point, less than 1,000 feet in width and is located farther than three miles from the preexisting boundaries of the municipality, unless the area is annexed under Section 43.129.
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.
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