83R7859 AED-D
By: Callegari H.B. No. 2153
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the abolition of wind erosion conservation districts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 202, Agriculture Code, is repealed.
SECTION 2. (a) The State Soil and Water Conservation Board
shall proceed with the dissolution of each wind erosion
conservation district in this state as soon as possible.
(b) The board shall conduct an inventory of the assets of
each wind erosion conservation district and determine the debt owed
by each district.
(c) The board shall control and administer the property,
funds, and other assets and the debts of each wind erosion
conservation district until all assets have been disposed of and
all debts, including outstanding bonds, of each district have been
paid or settled.
(d) After the board has paid all debts and has disposed of
all assets of a wind erosion conservation district as prescribed by
this section, the board shall:
(1) transfer to the county where the district is
located all net proceeds of the disposal of the assets; and
(2) file a written report with the commissioners court
of the county setting forth a summary of the board's actions in
dissolving the district.
(e) Not later than the 10th day after the date the
commissioners court receives the report under Subsection (d)(2) of
this section and determines that the requirements of this section
have been fulfilled, the commissioners court shall enter an order
dissolving the district.
SECTION 3. 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, 2013.