Sec. 43.129. CONSENSUAL ANNEXATION. The municipality may annex for limited purposes any land for which the landowner requests annexation and provides to the municipality before the effective date of the annexation the landowner's written consent to annexation for limited purposes. With respect to any larger parcels of property, consent of the owners of at least 51 percent of the total affected territory must be evidenced by appropriate signatures on the limited-purpose annexation request. A landowner's written consent to limited-purpose annexation is binding on all future owners of land in the area annexed for limited purposes pursuant to the consent.
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