H.B. No. 2018
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to required notice for municipal management districts that
  annex or exclude territory.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 375.043, Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 375.043.  ANNEXATION; NOTICE OF BOUNDARIES.  (a)  A
  district may annex land as provided by Section 49.301 and Cha
  pter
  54, Water Code, subject to the approval of the governing body of the
  municipality.
         (b)  Not later than the 90th day after the date a district
  annexes land under Subsection (a), the district shall provide a
  description of the metes and bounds of the district, as of the date
  the annexation takes effect, to each municipality that, on the date
  the annexation takes effect:
               (1)  has territory that overlaps with the district's
  territory; or
               (2)  is adjacent to the district.
         (c)  The district is not required to provide the description
  of the metes and bounds required under Subsection (b) to a
  municipality that has waived in writing the municipality's right to
  the description.
         SECTION 2.  The heading to Section 375.044, Local Government
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 375.044.  EXCLUDING TERRITORY; NOTICE OF BOUNDARIES.
         SECTION 3.  Section 375.044, Local Government Code, is
  amended by adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows:
         (c)  Not later than the 90th day after the date a district
  excludes land under this section, the district shall provide a
  description of the metes and bounds of the district, as of the date
  the exclusion takes effect, to each municipality that, on the date
  the exclusion takes effect:
               (1)  has territory that overlaps with the district's
  territory; or
               (2)  is adjacent to the district.
         (d)  The district is not required to provide the description
  of the metes and bounds required under Subsection (c) to a
  municipality that has waived in writing the municipality's right to
  the description.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2018 was passed by the House on May 3,
  2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2018 was passed by the Senate on May
  22, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor