The residents within the 5 mile radius of Camp Bullis should have received a notice about the above meeting and a map of Camp Bullis Land Use Controls:

The Good News:

• Because SB6 Passed – ALL Texas Residents faced with annexation have the right to continue voting against annexation and the new city property taxes that go along with it. San Antonio cannot annex an area unless residents of that area vote to be annexed.
• The majority of the 5 mile radius has already been developed. Since the land use controls apply for “new” construction, the homeowners will not be affected unless they plan new construction. 

Plan of Action:

• If you are able to attend the 9/19/19 COSA City Council Meeting, please attend. Physical numbers of people in attendance leave a lasting impression. Wear your Homeowners Against Annexation tee shirt. Let them know we’re still here and we will continue to work together as a community to protect our property rights. We got a Texas law passed. There is strength in numbers.
• If you cannot attend, please complete and submit the response form on the bottom of your meeting announcement or the attachment below to John Osten, Case Manager by 4:00PM on Wednesday, September 18th.
• By mail – COSA Development Services Department – P.O.Box 839966 – San Antonio, TX 78283-3966
• By email – complete and scan to john.osten@sanantonio.gov
• HAA’s position is (X) In Opposition 

Finally, Stay Positive but always on our Guard:

• We will continue the fight to protect our property rights while supporting the military much better than the COSA.
• We don’t want to become The Rim.
• We like our trees, dark skies and low density construction, ie. more rural way of life.
• The only part of the most recent JLUS study that applies to the I10 West area is the light pollution concern. All of Bexar County is already covered by the Bexar County Dark Skies ordinance which is identical to the San Antonio Dark Skies ordinance. 

Respectfully, 
Homeowners Against Annexation

Neighbors, we thought we had lost Senate Bill 422 which would prevent San Antonio from charging fees and fines to those (us!) outside their city limits. But Senator Campbell has amended SB 422 to House Bill 3750.

If you want to help get this bill over the finish line, CALL REP JOHN KUEMPEL'S OFFICE, 512-463-0602 right away! Ask him to please concur with the Senate's amendments on HB 3750. This legislative session ends Sunday.

Thanks to all of your hard work and persistence, HB 347 passed the Senate today!!! One (minor) amendment was added, which means it'll go over to the House for them to concur or go to conference. I highly expect them to concur at which point it'll then go to the Governor's desk and presumably be signed into law. HUGE win for freedom!!

Barbara Green, HAA Board

House Bill 347 is jammed up. This is the bill that, if it passes, will give all Texans the right to vote on their own annexation.  People from all over Texas fought for our right two years ago and with everybody's help, we won! Now we can help everyone have the same right.

Right now, the bill has gotten through the House but it needs one more bipartisan vote to bring it to the floor of the Senate for debate. Just one more!

If you have 10 minutes, see below for the list of senators and their phone numbers. Give them a call and ask them to do the right thing, to give Texans control over their own lives.  Ask them to support House Bill 347!  (Clicking on their name will take you to their contact page where you can email them and possibly get their local office number.)

Senator Menendez 512-463-0126
Senator Powell 512-463-0110
Senator Rodriguez 512-463-0129
Senator Seliger 512-463-0131
Senator Lucio 512-463-0127
Senator Alvarado 512-463-0106
Senator Hinojosa 512-463-0120
Senator Johnson 512-463-0116
Senator Miles 512-463-0113
Senator Whitmire 512-463-0115
Senator Watson 512-463-0114
Senator West 512-463-0123
Senator Zaffirini 512-463-0121

Senate Bill 422, relating to the authority of a municipality to impose a fine or fee in certain areas in the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction, will have a public hearing in the Land and Resources Committee of the House on Tuesday, May 7th, in room E2.012. The session begins at 8 a.m.  This is your opportunity to testify as to your belief or simply observe our State Government process.

Also helpful would be sending emails or calling the committee members to ask for their support in eliminating the fees and fines in our area.  You can go to https://capitol.texas.gov/Committees/MembershipCmte.aspx?LegSess=86R&CmteCode=C360 for a list of members and additional information on the hearing (click Meetings at the bottom of the page).  The phone numbers for each committee member is as follows, and the link on their name takes you to their bio and contact list:

• Tom Craddick (512) 463-0500 (Chair) 
• Sergio Munoz, Jr. (512) 463-0704 (Vice Chair) 
• Cecil Bell (512) 463-0650
• Kyle Biedermann (512) 463-0325
• Terry Canales (512) 463-0426
• Ben Leman (512) 463-0600
• Ina Minjarez (512) 463-0634
• Jonathan Stickland (512) 463-0522
• Shawn Thierry  (512) 463-0518

Hi Neighbors,

Even though we won the right to vote on annexation and then exercised that right by voting last November against annexation  by the City of San Antonio (COSA), the fight against annexation continues.  The following Bills in Congress during this Legislative session require our prompt attention. Please consider contacting the respective Committee members encouraging them to support these Bills which will serve to improve the annexation process.

SB 746 -  requiring cities to wait at least five years before attempting to annex the same property.

• Status:  Passed in the Senate and has been assigned to the House Land and Resource Management Committee.
• Action Needed:  Contact Committee members and ask them to vote this Bill out of Committee and send it to the House for a vote.

HB 347 – eliminating the population requirement so that no Texan is annexed without their consent.

• Status:  Passed in the House.  Currently in the Senate State Affairs Committee
• Action Needed:  Contact Senate State Affairs Committee members to vote the Bill out of committee and send it to the Senate for a vote.

SB 422 -  promotes the rights of citizens and protects the will of voters by prohibiting municipalities from imposing fines and fees in the ETJ ... where an annexation attempt has failed at the ballot box.

• Status:  Passed in the Senate, but has been stalled in the House for 2 weeks.
• Action Needed:  Contact Speaker of the House, Dennis Bonnen (phone nr: 512-463-1000), and request this Bill get a hearing soon.

SB 2 - . For taxing units that collect more than $15 million in property tax levy plus sales tax, SB 2 lowers the 8 percent threshold to 2.5 percent and requires an automatic rollback election if the taxing unit adopts a tax that exceeds the 2.5 percent threshold.

• Status:  Passed in the Senate and will be heard in the House Ways and Means Committee.
• Action Needed:  Write Committee members and encourage them to pass SB2.

Link to House Ways and Means Committee members:
https://house.texas.gov/committees/committee/?committee=C490

Link to State Affairs Committee members:
https://senate.texas.gov/cmte.php?c=570

Link to House Land and Resource Management Committee members:
https://house.texas.gov/committees/committee/?committee=C360

Link to Speaker of the House:
https://house.texas.gov/members/member-page/?district=25


Thanks,
Sandy Fitzpatrick

Hey, Neighbors! Homeowners Against Annexation has identified 2 bills which, if passed, will greatly benefit our community:

• Next week the Texas Senate will vote on SB422 which will prevent the city of San Antonio from imposing fees and fines on those of us who live in their ETJ.
• SB746 will prevent cities from putting annexation on their ballots more often than once every 5 years.

Additionally, SB745 will give all Texans the right to vote on their own annexation regardless of the size of their County.

IMPORTANT: please stand by to raise our Collective voices in support of these bills. Senator Campbell will alert us when the time is right. Contact information will be on the website: HomeownersAgainstAnnexation.com

Good morning,

We found out late Friday afternoon SB422 is going to be heard in the Intergovernmental Relations Committee today, April 1st.  Share with your friends and family members.

SB422 – RESTRICTS A MUNICIPALITY FROM IMPOSING FEES OR FINES IN
CERTAIN AREAS IN THEIR EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION

Scheduled for Intergovernmental Relations Committee Hearing on Monday, April 1st .
Call or send an email from each Senator’s  website to the following committee members Monday morning, April 1st.  Request their support in moving SB422 through committee to the Senate Floor

Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr.                Capitol Phone: (512) 463-0127
Senator Charles Schwertner      Capitol Phone: (512) 463-0105
Senator Carol Alvarado             Capitol Phone: (512) 463-0106
Senator Donna Campbell          Capitol Phone: (512) 463-0125
Senator Pat Fallon                     Capitol Phone: (512) 463-0130
Senator Jose’ Menendez            Capitol Phone: (512) 463-0126
Senator Robert Nichols             Capitol Phone: (512) 463-0103

Thanks for your assistance.

Homeowners Against Annexation