{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-43.0687","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 43.0687","heading":"VOTER APPROVAL BY MUNICIPAL RESIDENTS ON PETITION.","body":"If a petition protesting the annexation of an area under this subchapter is signed by a number of registered voters of the municipality proposing the annexation equal to at least 50 percent of the number of voters who voted in the most recent municipal election and is received by the secretary of the municipality before the date the petition period prescribed by Section 43.0685 ends, the municipality may not complete the annexation of the area without approval of a majority of the voters of the municipality voting at an election called and held for that purpose.\nAdded by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 6 (S.B. 6), Sec. 26, 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 C-4. ANNEXATION OF AREAS WITH POPULATION OF LESS THAN 200 BY PETITION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.43.htm#43.0687","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"729a92eb2f7edbc29eeaa533327c74b3494eab93ad6b2ad5ae4d41ac7b2446a7","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-43.0686","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-43.0688"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}