83R17002 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 Chapter 202, Agriculture Code, is repealed.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 county judge of each county in this state
in which a wind erosion conservation district is located or the
judge's designee shall proceed with the dissolution of the district
as soon as possible.
(b) The county judge or the judge's designee shall conduct
an inventory of the assets of the wind erosion conservation
district and determine the debt owed by the district.
(c) The county judge or the judge's designee shall control
and administer the property, funds, and other assets and the debts
of the wind erosion conservation district until all assets have
been disposed of and all debts, including outstanding bonds, of the
district have been paid or settled.
(d) After the county judge or the judge's designee has paid
all debts and has disposed of all assets of the wind erosion
conservation district as prescribed by this section, the county
judge or the judge's designee shall:
(1) transfer to the county in which 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 county judge's or the
judge's designee'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.