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TX HB950

Bill

Status

Introduced

11/12/2024

Primary Sponsor

Richard Hayes

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Origin

House of Representatives

89th Legislature Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires municipalities to provide full municipal services to annexed land, including police protection, fire protection with hydrants, emergency medical services, solid waste collection, water and wastewater facilities, roads and streets with lighting, and other municipal facilities

  • Sets deadlines for service provision: land annexed before September 1, 2025 must receive full services by September 1, 2029; land annexed after that date must receive services within 4 years of annexation

  • Prohibits municipalities from charging fees to landowners for the cost of providing full municipal services, requiring landowners to fund services or improvements, or requiring landowners to waive rights under this section

  • Allows affected landowners to sue for disannexation if the municipality fails to provide required services, with the municipality bearing the burden of proving compliance by clear and convincing evidence

  • Creates an irrebuttable presumption of noncompliance if the service deadline passes without full services being provided, requiring courts to order disannexation of the affected land

Legislative Description

Relating to the provision of municipal services to land annexed by a municipality for full purposes.

City Government

Last Action

Reported favorably as substituted

4/28/2025

Committee Referrals

Land & Resource Management3/6/2025

Full Bill Text

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