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15-page printed booklet titled Annexation in Dallas: Planning and Procedures, published by the City of Dallas Department of Planning and Urban Development. The contents include four sections (introduction, considerations, procedure, and disannexation) discussing annexation, followed by two appendices. In the introduction, the booklet defines Annexation as "The act of attaching, adding, joining, or uniting one thing to another; generally spoken of the connection of a smaller or subordinate thing with a larger or principal thing."

According to the Texas Municipal League, the first state statute allowing incorporation of a city under the general laws was passed in 1958. Also in 1858 an amendment allowed for annexation by petition, and this law, along with others passed over the next several years, became the basis for general law annexation by petition as it is known today.

In 1912, the voters of Texas passed the Home Rule Amendment to the Texas Constitution. TEX. CONST. Art. XI, §5. This amendment and its accompanying legislation in 1913 gives cities over 5,000 population that adopt a home rule charter by election the full power of local self government, including the ability to unilaterally annex property. Except for the Home Rule Amendment, relatively few substantial changes were made to annexation laws from 1858 through 1963.

In 1963, the Legislature enacted the Municipal Annexation Act (Act). The Act provided procedures for annexation and created the concept of extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ). The Act is now codified in Chapters 42 and 43 of the Texas Local Government Code. As mentioned previously, from the enactment of the Act until the passage of S.B. 89 in 1999, the Legislature rarely acted on a broad scale to restrict or modify city annexation authority.

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Citation

Annexation in Dallas Policy and Planning Procedures, 1972 (Box <x>, Folder <y>), Dallas Municipal Archives

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Index Terms

Annexation (Municipal government) -- Texas
Dallas -- Texas -- History

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