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Texas Senate passes bill to allow people to vote on whether a city can annex them

The measure would allow citizens targeted by annexation to vote on city proposals. A similar bill died in the final moments of regular session debate.

KIRBY WILSON, The Texas Tribune
Posted 7/26/17

No filibuster was going to kill annexation reform in the Texas Senate this time around. The Senate on Wednesday tentatively passed Senate Bill 6, which would allow residents of areas up for …

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