Sec. 51.537.  MUNICIPALITY'S AUTHORITY REGARDING DEFINED AREA.  (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.
(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:
(1)  90 percent or more of all facilities and infrastructure described by the plan has been installed and completed; and
(2)  the municipality:
(A)  annexes all of the defined area that is within the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction; and
(B)  assumes the pro rata share of the bonded indebtedness of the annexed area.
(c)  After the annexation occurs:
(1)  the annexed area is not eligible to be a defined area under this subchapter; and
(2)  the district may not impose in the annexed area a tax authorized for a defined area under this subchapter.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 962 (H.B. 1644), Sec. 3, eff. June 18, 2005.
Amended by: 
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1163 (H.B. 2702), Sec. 182, eff. September 1, 2011.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 644 (H.B. 4559), Sec. 281, eff. September 1, 2023.