H.B. No. 2228
AN ACT
relating to the timing of a referendum election to continue a fire
control, prevention, and emergency medical services district.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 344.251(d), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(d) The board may not hold a referendum election under this
subchapter before the fourth [fifth] anniversary of the date the
district was created or before the third anniversary of the date of
the last continuation or dissolution referendum election.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2228 was passed by the House on April
30, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2228 was passed by the Senate on May
26, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor