(a) (1) (A) (i) Whenever the incorporated limits of a municipality have completely surrounded an unincorporated area, the governing body of the municipality may propose an ordinance calling for the annexation of the land surrounded by the municipality.
(ii) Subdivision (a)(1)(A)(i) of this section includes situations in which the incorporated limits of a municipality have surrounded an unincorporated area on only three (3) sides because the fourth side is a boundary line with another state, a military base, a state park, a national forest, a lake, or a river.
(B) If the incorporated limits of two (2) or more municipalities have completely surrounded an unincorporated area, the governing body of the municipality with the greater distance of city limits adjoining the unincorporated area's perimeter may propose an ordinance calling for the annexation of the land surrounded by the municipalities, unless it is agreed by the adjoining municipalities that another of the adjoining municipalities should propose an ordinance calling for the annexation.
(2) The ordinance will provide a legal description of the land to be annexed and describe generally the services to be extended to the area to be annexed.
(b)
(1) The unincorporated area to be annexed shall comply with the standards for lands qualifying for annexation which are set forth in § 14-40-302.
(2) Privately owned lakes exceeding six (6) acres of water surface which are used exclusively for recreational purposes and lands adjacent to them not exceeding twenty (20) acres in size which are used exclusively for recreational purposes in relation to the lake shall not qualify for annexation under the provisions of this subchapter.
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