- (a) The district may annex any territory the owner of which petitions for annexation by the method prescribed by Section 49.301, Water Code.
(b) At least 30 days before acting on a petition for annexation, the district shall notify all municipalities within whose boundaries the district or the land described in the petition is located. The notification must:
- (1) be in writing;
- (2) specify the time and place of the meeting to consider the petition;
- (3) invite the municipality to appear at the meeting; and
- (4) include a copy of the petition.
- (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the district may annex only territory with a boundary contiguous to a district boundary.
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 914 (H.B. 3530), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2023.