§ 6. ANNEXATION FOR ALL PURPOSES.

The city council shall have the power by ordinance to fix the boundary limits of the City of Austin; and to provide for the alteration, reduction, and the extension of said boundary limits, and the annexation of additional territory lying adjacent to the city, with or without the consent of the territory and inhabitants annexed. Before the city may institute annexation or disannexation proceedings, the city council shall provide an opportunity for all interested persons to be heard at a public hearing. Prior notice of such hearings shall be published in accordance with state law in a newspaper having general circulation in the city and in the territory proposed to be annexed. Upon the final passage of any such ordinance, the boundary limits of the city shall thereafter be fixed in such ordinance; and when any additional territory has been so annexed, same shall be a part of the City of Austin, and the property situated therein shall bear its pro rata part of the taxes levied by the city, and the inhabitants thereof shall be entitled to all rights and privileges of all the citizens, and shall be bound by the acts, ordinances, resolutions, and regulations of the city.

Amendment note: Section 6 appears as amended at the election of May 7, 1994. Such section had previously been amended April 7, 1973.

Source: Ord. No. 20180809-113 , Pt. 7, 8-20-18/election of 11-6-18.