{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-51.537","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Water Code § 51.537","heading":"MUNICIPALITY'S AUTHORITY REGARDING DEFINED AREA.","body":"(a) This section applies only to a municipality any portion of which is located in a county with a population of more than 1.2 million and less than 1.5 million.\n(b) A municipality may not annex a part of a defined area in a district that has adopted a plan for the defined area under this subchapter unless:\n(1) 90 percent or more of all facilities and infrastructure described by the plan has been installed and completed; and\n(2) the municipality:\n(A) annexes all of the defined area that is within the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction; and\n(B) assumes the pro rata share of the bonded indebtedness of the annexed area.\n(c) After the annexation occurs:\n(1) the annexed area is not eligible to be a defined area under this subchapter; and\n(2) the district may not impose in the annexed area a tax authorized for a defined area under this subchapter.\nAdded by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 962 (H.B. 1644), Sec. 3, eff. June 18, 2005.\nAmended by:\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1163 (H.B. 2702), Sec. 182, eff. September 1, 2011.\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 644 (H.B. 4559), Sec. 281, eff. September 1, 2023.","path":["WATER CODE","TITLE 4. GENERAL LAW DISTRICTS","CHAPTER 51. WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS","SUBCHAPTER L. TAX PLAN"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.51.htm#51.537","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:48Z","sha256":"5131a9018ffa05e9888540815d59facb22c808cee0067935d74ac2b2ce2aa9b7","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-51.536","next":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-51.538"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}