Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 6904.053 - Annexation of Territory Annexed to Municipality in District(a) At any time after final passage of an ordinance or resolution annexing territory to a municipality in the district, the board may give notice of a hearing on the question of annexing that territory to the district. The notice is sufficient if it:(1) states the date and place of the hearing; and(2) describes the area proposed to be annexed or refers to the annexation ordinance or resolution of the municipality.(b) The notice must be published one time in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality not later than the 10th day before the date set for the hearing.(c) If, as a result of the hearing, the board finds that the territory will benefit from the present or contemplated improvements, works, or facilities of the district, the board shall adopt a resolution annexing the territory to the district.(d) After the territory is annexed to the district, the board may call an election in the entire district to determine whether:(1) the entire district will assume any tax-supported bonds then outstanding and those bonds previously voted but not yet sold; and(2) an ad valorem tax for the payment of the bonds will be imposed on all taxable property in the district.Tex. Spec. Dist. Loc. Laws § 6904.053
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920, Sec. 1.06, eff. 4/1/2009.