83R5579 JTS-F
By: Rodriguez of Travis H.B. No. 2170
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the provision of municipal fire, police, and emergency
medical services in an area to be annexed by a municipality.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 43.056, Local Government Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (f) and adding Subsection (p) to
read as follows:
(f) A service plan may not:
(1) require the creation of another political
subdivision;
(2) require a landowner in the area to fund the capital
improvements necessary to provide municipal services in a manner
inconsistent with Chapter 395 unless otherwise agreed to by the
landowner; or
(3) provide services in the area in a manner that would
have the effect of reducing by more than a negligible amount the
level of fire and police protection and emergency medical services
provided within the area [corporate boundaries of the municipality
before annexation].
(p) An annexation plan that includes the annexation of
territory of an emergency services district may provide that the
required fire and police protection and emergency medical services
in the area of the district be provided by the emergency services
district or by cooperation of the municipality and the district.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.