Texas Local Government Code 43.079 – Consent Requirement for Annexation of Area in Certain Conservation and Reclamation Districts
(a) This section applies only to a conservation and reclamation district, including a municipal utility district, that:
(1) is located wholly in more than one municipality, but on April 1, 1971, was not wholly in more than one municipality;
(2) was created or exists under § 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution;
(3) provides or has provided a fresh water supply, sanitary sewer services, and drainage services; and
(4) was not, on April 1, 1971, a party to a contract providing for a federal grant for research and development under 33 U.S.C. Sections 1155(a)(2) and (d).
(b) A municipality that has annexed area in the district is not required to obtain the consent of any municipality to annex additional area located wholly in the district other than the consent of the other municipalities that have annexed area in the district and have extraterritorial jurisdiction over the area proposed to be annexed.
Terms Used In Texas Local Government Code 43.079
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Municipality: means a general-law municipality, home-rule municipality, or special-law municipality. See Texas Local Government Code 1.005