Sec. 43.029. AUTHORITY OF CERTAIN SMALL MUNICIPALITIES TO ANNEX UNOCCUPIED AREA ON PETITION OF SCHOOL BOARD  


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  • (a) This section applies only to a municipality with a population of:

    (1) 900 to 920;

    (2) 1,251 to 1,259; or

    (3) 3,944 to 3,964.

    (b) This section applies only to the annexation of an area that is:

    (1) contiguous to the annexing municipality; and

    (2) vacant and without residents.

    (c) The board of trustees of a public school occupying the area may petition the governing body of the municipality in writing to annex the area. Sections 43.028(c)-(f) apply to the petition and annexation under this section in the same manner in which they apply to the petition and annexation under that section.

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.