Category Archives: annexation

Bill Ends Annexation of Agricultural Land

Forced annexation of agricultural land would end under House Bill 25 (ID | 2019)

This bill will:

  • Prohibit annexation of 5 acres
  • Unless the owner gives written permission
  • Clarifies that it applies “regardless of whether it is surrounded or bounded on all sides by lands within a city.”

Post Register | New bill would stop ‘forced’ ag land annexations

TX Attorney General Request. Annexation. Fine Owners who vote no?

Requestor: Senator Donna Campbell

Question for the Atrorney General to Answer:  

  1. Whether it is permissible for a city to impose fees and fines on an unincorporated area within the city’s extra-territorial jurisdiction within five miles of a military base as part of the regulations suggested by a Joint Land Use Study?

  2. Whether San Antonio’s proposed annexation ballot language articulated below meets the standard of definiteness and certainty set forth by the Texas Supreme Court in Reyn…

Local TREND: Mayor Proposes De-annexation for 2 policy reasons.

The Mayor: Memphis, TN Mayor Jim Strickland

The areas for de-annexation: Southwind/Windyke and Rocky Point areas of far eastern Memphis

2 Policy reasons for de-annexation:

  • right-sizing Memphis
  • more efficient City that can deliver better services

3 criteria in areas for de-annexation:

  •  low density
  • challenging to deliver municipal services
  • specifically asked for de-annexation

Local Memphis | Memphis Mayor Proposes two  more areas for de-annexation

Anatomy of a Annexation & Tax Initiative. Vote Thresholds.

Where: California’s Initiative – Tax Fairness, Transparency and Accountability Act of 2018- is gathering signatures for November 2018 ballot

What would the Tax Fairness, Transparency and Accountability Act of 2018 require for annexation?  Require residents in the land to be annexed to vote

 

What would the Tax Fairness, Transparency and Accountability Act of 2018 require for a tax on the newly annexed property?  Require a 2/3 vote approval for taxation of the newly annexed land

The Signal…

Eminent Domain Creep. Can eminent domain seized land then be annexed?

Colorado Courts are grappling with “eminent domain creep.”

What’s eminent domain creep? Extending eminent domain through judicial opinion.

What’s the issue in Colorado? City A wants to buy land outside its city limits for open space and then annex the land into City A and offer developers tax incentives. City B opposes the land transaction and wants to use eminent domain to take the land for open space.

Denver Post | Eminent domain creep strikes again

2 Ways a Texas City Annexation Plan is Not Lawful. So Says Texas Attorney General

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton lays out 2 ways McKinney’s proposed annexation plan isn’t lawful:

  • the annexation notice violates the Texas Local Government Code and the Open Meetings Act
  • the notice for the Aug. 28 mcKinney City Council meeting violates the Texas Local Government Code and the Open Meetings Act

How the notices violate the Open Meetings Act and Local Government Code:

  • do not provide a description of the property the city plans to annex
  • the council’s agenda item was…