If a proposed annexation would cause an area to be entirely surrounded by the annexing municipality but would not include the area within the municipality, the governing body of the municipality must find, before completing the annexation, that surrounding the area is in the public interest.
Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 43.057
ANNEXATION THAT SURROUNDS AREA: FINDINGS REQUIRED
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff
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