Sec. 60.061.  ANNEXATION;  EXCLUDING TERRITORY.  (a)  The district may annex land as provided by Section 49.301 or 49.302, Water Code, except that the references in those sections related to taxes do not apply.  As provided by those sections, the district may annex land that is not adjacent or contiguous to the district.
(b)  A district may not annex territory within the corporate limits of a municipality unless the governing body of the municipality consents in writing to the annexation.
(c)  The board on its own motion may call a hearing on the question of the exclusion of land from the district in the manner provided by Section 49.304 or 49.307, Water Code, if the proposed exclusion is practicable, just, or desirable.
(d)  The board shall call a hearing on the exclusion of land or other property from the district in the manner provided by Section 49.304 or 49.307, Water Code, if a property owner in the district files with the board secretary a written petition requesting the hearing before the district issues any bonds.
(e)  The district may annex land only with the written consent of the owner of the land to be annexed.  The consent must include a statement that the owner of the land to be annexed understands that the land, once included in the district, will be subject to assessments imposed by the district.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1393, Sec. 1, eff. June 16, 2001.