一旦新法律于12月1日生效, 2017, many Texans who live in areas outside of city limits—known as extraterritorial jurisdictions (ETJs)—will no longer have to worry about their property being forced into the city limits through annexation.
This TAR-supported new law comes out of this year’s special legislative session and was one of the many ways 德州2021十大正规彩票app经纪人® strongly advocated for pro-property rights legislation on behalf of real estate consumers.
改革兼并程序
被并入一个自治市有利有弊. 合并后的居民可以使用城市服务, 比如公用事业和执法部门, but they will also be subject to the new city taxes and land use regulations.
在新法律于12月1日生效之前, 2017年生效日期, it was a city council’s decision whether to annex an area into the city limits.
The new law will provide residents more of a voice in the process … but what’s changing will depend on your county’s population.
一些城市将进行自动选举
Counties with a population of 500,000 or more are known as Tier 2 counties.
If the municipality seeking the annexation is in a Tier 2 county, the municipality must hold an election of the voters in the area to be annexed (with some exceptions). This allows the residents who will be impacted to decide whether they want to be annexed into the municipality.
小县城的城市也有选择
Counties with population less than 500,000 are known as Tier 1. 除非那些县的居民采取行动, the annexation process in those counties will remain unchanged.
If the municipality seeking the annexation is in a Tier 1 county, residents will need to petition the county if they want to vote on annexation.
If county residents want to have Tier 2 rules apply to them, at least 10% of registered voters in the county must sign a petition to put that request on the ballot. 如果投票通过, the county will then be considered Tier 2 and future annexations will be up to a vote of the residents in the area to be annexed.
What if your city falls in two counties with different populations?
For cities that straddle a Tier 1 and a Tier 2 county, Tier 2 rules will apply.
我认为A提案写得很混乱. 我看到其他命题也以某种方式写出来, that makes you scratch your head and stand there trying to understand. It needs to be made clear to the voter what a for or against vote indicates. For instance most people do not understand what tier 1 and tier 2 means and should not get to the polls and have no one to explain it to them. I am having to look up this in advance and am able to vote by mail due to my age so at… Read more »
Mary Ann, you have a very good point, which is the reason I am on my computer right now. To many people don’t understand what they are voting on and the people at the poling sites either can’t by law or are just too busy with their very important duties to explain the propositions on the ballot. 这取决于我们自己,如果需要的话,也取决于别人.
How does this law affect properties that have already been annexed, 但是道路没有得到维护?
Can the city annex your tier 1 property if you weren’t notified at all? Is there any legal recourse that the property owner can take to get out of the annexation if they weren’t notified?
2011年,我们被迫被吞并. We still feel we had some legal rights but do not know where to turn. 联系了市议会,但纯属浪费时间. 我们有80英亩土地,但我们只拥有其中的一英亩. 我们永远不会从缴纳城市税中得到任何好处. They also have not done a thing in providing us with additional services. There are about 8 property owners within our area that are in the same situation. 我们付出却得不到任何回报.
我们能去哪里寻求帮助吗?