{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-43.012","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 43.012","heading":"AUTHORITY OF TYPE A GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY TO ANNEX AREA IT OWNS.","body":"The governing body of a Type A general-law municipality by ordinance may annex area that the municipality owns under the procedures prescribed by Subchapter C-1. The ordinance must describe the area by metes and bounds and must be entered in the minutes of the governing body.\nActs 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.\nTransferred, redesignated and amended from Local Government Code, Section 43.026 by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 6 (S.B. 6), Sec. 5, eff. December 1, 2017.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 2. ORGANIZATION OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT","SUBTITLE C. MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES AND ANNEXATION","CHAPTER 43. MUNICIPAL ANNEXATION","SUBCHAPTER A-1. GENERAL AUTHORITY TO ANNEX"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.43.htm#43.012","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"5432fd95c38fcfc92f102f5a1ea8fdbc067e0a6d6d9724c9a7fb20b36a347f6a","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-43.0117","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-43.013"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}