{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-43.017","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 43.017","heading":"PROHIBITION AGAINST ANNEXATION TO SURROUND MUNICIPALITY IN CERTAIN COUNTIES.","body":"A municipality with a population of more than 175,000 located in a county that contains an international border and borders the Gulf of Mexico may not annex an area that would cause another municipality to be entirely surrounded by the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of the annexing municipality.\nAdded by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 941 (H.B. 4059), Sec. 3, eff. June 18, 2015.\nTransferred and redesignated from Local Government Code, Section 43.037 by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 6 (S.B. 6), Sec. 10, 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#43.017","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"a3c938b2e39b86b20094423137336b46c9215b5fa18d5c089523f5667431c341","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-43.016","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-43.0505"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}