TX HB2494

Allows a majority of property owners (rather than qualified voters) to petition a municipality for disannexation if the municipality fails to provide required services, including areas that did not become part of the municipality through proper annexation procedures

Expands grounds for disannexation to include situations where a municipality has not connected the majority of properties in an area to municipal water and wastewater systems, when other areas of the municipality have such connections

Requires courts to award attorney's fees to petition signers if the court orders disannexation, and mandates cases be heard under expedited action rules

Municipalities must act on disannexation petitions within 60 days; if they fail to do so, petition signers may file a lawsuit in district court to compel disannexation

Disannexed areas that were not properly annexed are not eligible for tax or fee refunds, and disannexation cannot include land comprising the bed of a navigable waterway