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Annexation, Disannexation And Extraterritorial Jurisdiction

Summaries

KP-0175
Ken Paxton

Tax appraisal district lacks authority to alter boundary lines or detach and annex property from school district|Procedures for detaching and annexing territory, or establishing or altering school district boundary lines

KP-0221
Ken Paxton

Municipality's authority to impose fines and fees under Local Government Code section 43.0117(b) concerning annexation near military base|Annexations near active military base - sufficiency of ballot measure

GA-0014
Greg Abbott

Annexation of land owned by city but not contiguous with, effect on extraterritorial jurisdiction of city|Contiguous|Adjacent

GA-0107
Greg Abbott

Long Island is located within the Laguna Madre and is not "an island bordering the Gulf of Mexico"|Village of Long Island is within extraterritorial jurisdiction of City of Port Isabel and may not incorporate without the latter's consent|Long Island, Village of, is within extraterritorial jurisdiction of City of Port Isabel and may not incorporate without the latter's consent

GA-0230
Greg Abbott

Subdivision regulation agreement, deadlines for completing a certified subdivision regulation agreement between a county and a municipality under section 242.0015 of the Local Government Code

GA-0366
Greg Abbott

Drainage charge, an interlocal contract entered into in accordance with section 242.001 or 791.011 of the Local Government Code may not authorize a county to assess on behalf of a municipality with a drainage utility system|Drainage charge, an interlocal contract between a county and a municipality may not authorize the county to assess on behalf of a municipality with a drainage utility system|Drainage charge adopted under chapter 402, Local Government Code, is not a "regulation[] related to plats, subdivision construction plans, and subdivisions of land as authorized by . . . [a statute] applicable to municipalities and counties that will be enforced in the extraterritorial jurisdiction" for purposes of section 242.001(d)(4)(B), Local Government Code; accordingly, a county may not assess a drainage charge under an agreement entered into in accordance with section 242.001(d)(4)(B)|Municipal drainage utility system, an interlocal contract between a county and a municipality that has adopted a may not authorize the county to assess a drainage charge on behalf of the municipality

GA-0453
Greg Abbott

Annexation election, under chapter 130 of the Texas Education Code a junior college district may not conduct annexation election where territory includes more than one school district or county|Annexation election, under chapter 130 of Texas Education Code a junior college district may not conduct annexation election where territory includes more than one school district or county|Annexation election, under chapter 130 of Texas Education Code a junior college district may not conduct where territory includes more than one school district or county

GA-0459
Greg Abbott

Street improvement and maintenance, whether city is required to improve and maintain dedicated right-of-way in city limits to provide municipal services to annexed property|Annexed property, whether city is required to improve and maintain dedicated right-of-way in city limits to provide municipal services to annexed area|Dedication|Acceptance

GA-0478
Greg Abbott

Type A general-law city, authorization to annex in extraterritorial jurisdiction

GA-0737
Greg Abbott

Annexation of area excepted from three-year plan requirement does not require a residence \r\nbe located on each tract |Municipal annexation plan, failure to adopt does not result in void annexation|Service plan for annexation, validity of requirement that residents pay for capital improvements is a fact question

GA-0750
Greg Abbott

City’s authority to reacquire extraterritorial jurisdiction that it previously relinquished pursuant to chapter 42 of the Local Government Code|Extraterritorial jurisdiction previously relinquished pursuant to chapter 42 of the Local Government Code, authority to reacquire

GA-0795
Greg Abbott

Water districts, jurisdiction over land annexed by two districts|Jurisdiction over land that is annexed by two districts

GA-1096
Greg Abbott

Local Government Code section 43.129 - It is not possible to reliably predict whether a court would require a municipality to meet the 225,000 population requirement in subsection 43.121(a) in order to annex for limited purposes by consent under the authority granted by section 43.129.

DM-0373
Dan Morales

Reannexation, prior annexation followed by disannexation does not preclude

DM-0399
Dan Morales

Due process is not violated when municipal annexation causes territory to be subject to a sexually oriented business ordinance that is less stringent than county ordinance previously in effect|Sexually oriented business ordinance that is less stringent than county ordinance previously in effect, no violation of due process where municipal annexation causes territory to be subject to

JC-0262
John Cornyn

Community college district, disannexation of portion of requires specific statutory authorization|Disannexation of portion of community college district requires specific statutory authorization

KP-0276
Ken Paxton

Section 43.106 of the Local Government Code requires a municipality that annexed any portion of a county road or an area abutting a county road by granting a petition under former section 43.028 to also annex the full width of the road and adjacent right-of-way.

Depending on the relief sought, a county could challenge a municipality’s annexation under section 43.106 of the Local Government Code in an action in quo warranto, declaratory judgment, or both.

KP-0365
Ken Paxton

Ector County’s compliance with chapter 387 of the Local Government Code, regarding creation of a county assistance district