Sec. 43.128. JUDICIAL REMEDIES: FORCED ANNEXATION OR DISANNEXATION. (a) If the municipality fails to annex the area for full purposes as required by Section 43.127(a), any affected person may petition the district court to compel the annexation of the area for full purposes or the disannexation of the area. On finding that the municipality has failed to annex the area as required by Section 43.127(a), the court shall enter an order requiring the municipality to annex the area for full purposes or to disannex the area. If an area is disannexed, the area may not be annexed again by the municipality for five years.
(b) If the municipality fails to take the steps required by Section 43.127(b), any affected person may petition the district court to compel the annexation of a particular area for full purposes or the disannexation of the area. On finding that the municipality has failed to take the steps required by Section 43.127(b), the court shall enter an order requiring the municipality to annex the area for full purposes or to disannex the area.
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1, Sec. 3(k), eff. Aug. 28, 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