Tex. Local Gov't Code Section 42.043
Requirements Applying to Petition

(a)

A petition under Section 42.041 (Municipal Incorporation in Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Generally) or 42.042 (Creation of Political Subdivision to Supply Water or Sewer Services, Roadways, or Drainage Facilities in Extraterritorial Jurisdiction) must:

(1)

be written;

(2)

request that the area be annexed or that the services be made available, as appropriate;

(3)

be signed in ink or indelible pencil by the appropriate voters and landowners;

(4)

be signed, in the case of a person signing as a voter, as the person’s name appears on the most recent official list of registered voters;

(5)

contain, in the case of a person signing as a voter, a note made by the person stating the person’s residence address and the precinct number and voter registration number that appear on the person’s voter registration certificate;

(6)

contain, in the case of a person signing as a landowner, a note made by the person opposite the person’s name stating the approximate total acreage that the person owns in the area to be annexed or serviced;

(7)

describe the area to be annexed or serviced and have a plat of the area attached; and

(8)

be presented to the secretary or clerk of the municipality.

(b)

The signatures to the petition need not be appended to one paper.

(c)

Before the petition is circulated among the voters and landowners, notice of the petition must be given by posting a copy of the petition for 10 days in three public places in the area to be annexed or serviced and by publishing the notice once, in a newspaper of general circulation serving the area, before the 15th day before the date the petition is first circulated. Proof of posting and publication must be made by attaching to the petition presented to the secretary or clerk:

(1)

the affidavit of any voter who signed the petition, stating the places and dates of the posting;

(2)

the affidavit of the publisher of the newspaper in which the notice was published, stating the name of the newspaper and the issue and date of publication; and

(3)

the affidavit of at least three voters who signed the petition, if there are that many, stating the total number of voters residing in the area and the approximate total acreage in the area.
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

Source: Section 42.043 — Requirements Applying to Petition, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.­42.­htm#42.­043 (accessed Apr. 20, 2024).

42.001
Purpose of Extraterritorial Jurisdiction 42.021
Extent of Extraterritorial Jurisdiction 42.022
Expansion of Extraterritorial Jurisdiction 42.023
Reduction of Extraterritorial Jurisdiction 42.024
Transfer of Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Between Certain Municipalities 42.025
Release of Extraterritorial Jurisdiction by Certain Municipalities 42.026
Limitation on Extraterritorial Jurisdiction of Certain Municipalities 42.041
Municipal Incorporation in Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Generally 42.042
Creation of Political Subdivision to Supply Water or Sewer Services, Roadways, or Drainage Facilities in Extraterritorial Jurisdiction 42.043
Requirements Applying to Petition 42.044
Creation of Industrial District in Extraterritorial Jurisdiction 42.045
Creation of Political Subdivision in Industrial District 42.046
Designation of a Planned Unit Development District in Extraterritorial Jurisdiction 42.047
Creation of a Political Subdivision in an Area Proposed for a Planned Unit Development District 42.049
Authority of Wells Branch Municipal Utility District 42.101
Applicability 42.102
Authority to File Petition for Release 42.103
Applicability of Other Law 42.104
Petition Requirements 42.105
Results of Petition 42.151
Applicability 42.152
Authority to Request Election for Release 42.153
Election 42.154
Results of Election 42.155
Release of Area as Result of Election 42.156
Voluntary Release 42.0225
Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Around Certain Municipally Owned Property 42.0235
Limitation on Extraterritorial Jurisdiction of Certain Municipalities 42.0251
Release of Extraterritorial Jurisdiction by Certain General-law Municipalities 42.0411
Municipal Incorporation in Extraterritorial Jurisdiction of Certain Municipalities 42.0425
Addition of Land in Extraterritorial Jurisdiction of Municipality to Certain Political Subdivisions 42.902
Restriction Against Imposing Tax in Extraterritorial Jurisdiction 42.903
Extraterritorial Jurisdiction of Certain Type B or C General-law Municipalities 42.904
Extraterritorial Jurisdiction and Voting Rights in Certain Municipalities 42.9025
Restriction on Imposing Fine or Fee in Certain Areas in Extraterritorial Jurisdiction
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Apr. 20, 2024

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