{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-43.0691","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 43.0691","heading":"AUTHORITY TO ANNEX.","body":"A municipality may annex an area with a population of 200 or more only if the following conditions are met, as applicable:\n(1) the municipality holds an election in the area proposed to be annexed at which the qualified voters of the area may vote on the question of the annexation and a majority of the votes received at the election approve the annexation; and\n(2) if the registered voters of the area do not own more than 50 percent of the land in the area, the municipality obtains consent to annex the area through a petition signed by more than 50 percent of the owners of land in the area.\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-5. ANNEXATION OF AREAS WITH POPULATION OF AT LEAST 200 BY ELECTION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.43.htm#43.0691","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"dc431e1c6eefc60c4b7a575425f7ca9f1983c341f50df7a8d897cf3f0fb9de53","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-43.0688","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-43.0692"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}