(a) Subject to § 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.

Terms Used In Texas Local Government Code 43.121

  • Home-rule municipality: means a municipality designated by Chapter 5 as a home-rule municipality. See Texas Local Government Code 1.005
  • 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
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.

(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 § 43.136 or any other statute granting the authority to annex for limited purposes.

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