Sec. 7817.0104.  ANNEXATION OF TERRITORY.  (a) The district may annex any territory the owner of which petitions for annexation by the method prescribed by Section 49.301, Water Code.
(b)  At least 30 days before acting on a petition for annexation, the district shall notify all municipalities within whose boundaries the district or the land described in the petition is located.  The notification must:
(1)  be in writing;
(2)  specify the time and place of the meeting to consider the petition;
(3)  invite the municipality to appear at the meeting; and
(4)  include a copy of the petition.
(c)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the district may annex only territory with a boundary contiguous to a district boundary.  
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 914 (H.B. 3530), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2023.