| 1 | 1 | | By: Laubenberg (Senate Sponsor - Paxton) H.B. No. 339 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2013; |
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| 3 | 3 | | May 7, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | 4 | | Intergovernmental Relations; May 14, 2013, reported favorably by |
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| 5 | 5 | | the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 14, 2013, sent to |
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| 6 | 6 | | printer.) |
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| 7 | 7 | | |
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| 8 | 8 | | |
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| 9 | 9 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 10 | 10 | | AN ACT |
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| 11 | 11 | | relating to the authority to propose the creation of a fire control, |
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| 12 | 12 | | prevention, and emergency medical services district. |
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| 13 | 13 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 14 | 14 | | SECTION 1. Section 344.051, Local Government Code, is |
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| 15 | 15 | | amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (a-1) The governing body of a municipality may propose the |
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| 17 | 17 | | creation of a fire control, prevention, and emergency medical |
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| 18 | 18 | | services district under this chapter if the municipality: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (1) has a population of 5,000 or more and less than |
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| 20 | 20 | | 25,000; and |
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| 21 | 21 | | (2) is located in a county with a population of 750,000 |
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| 22 | 22 | | or more: |
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| 23 | 23 | | (A) in which all or part of a municipality with a |
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| 24 | 24 | | population of one million or more is located; and |
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| 25 | 25 | | (B) that is adjacent to a county with a |
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| 26 | 26 | | population of two million or more. |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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| 28 | 28 | | * * * * * |
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