Tex. Local Government Code § 43.0115
This is the official text of Tex. Local Government Code § 43.0115, part of Texas’s Local Government Code — governs the powers and operations of Texas cities and counties.
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§ 43.0115. AUTHORITY OF CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES TO ANNEX ENCLAVES.
Official statutory text
(a) This section applies only to a municipality that:
(1) is wholly or partly located in a county in which a majority of the population of two or more municipalities, each with a population of 300,000 or more, are located; and
(2) proposes to annex an area that:
(A) is wholly surrounded by a municipality and within the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction; and
(B) has fewer than 100 dwelling units.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, the governing body of a municipality by ordinance may annex an area without the consent of any of the residents of, voters of, or owners of land in the area under the procedures prescribed by Subchapter C-1.
(1) is wholly or partly located in a county in which a majority of the population of two or more municipalities, each with a population of 300,000 or more, are located; and
(2) proposes to annex an area that:
(A) is wholly surrounded by a municipality and within the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction; and
(B) has fewer than 100 dwelling units.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, the governing body of a municipality by ordinance may annex an area without the consent of any of the residents of, voters of, or owners of land in the area under the procedures prescribed by Subchapter C-1.
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