The City Council shall have power, by ordinance, to fix the boundary limits of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, and to provide for the alteration 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. In fixing said boundary limits, the city shall comply with the procedures prescribed by state law. Upon 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 part of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, 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 the rights and privileges of all the citizens, and shall be bound by the acts, ordinances, resolutions and regulations of the city.
(Ord. 10272, § I(X), 3-16-1989, approved 5-6-1989)