84R12849 JXC-F
By: Workman H.B. No. 3666
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the withdrawal of the territory of an emergency
services district from the territory of a metropolitan rapid
transit authority.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 451.601, Transportation Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 451.601. UNIT OF ELECTION DEFINED. In this
subchapter, "unit of election" means:
(1) a municipality, including a principal
municipality; [or]
(2) an unincorporated area designated by a
commissioners court under Section 451.657 as a discrete unit for
the purposes of a confirmation election; or
(3) an emergency services district operating under
Chapter 775, Health and Safety Code.
SECTION 2. Subchapter M, Chapter 451, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 451.618 to read as follows:
Sec. 451.618. WITHDRAWAL: ALTERNATIVE METHOD FOR EMERGENCY
SERVICES DISTRICTS. (a) An emergency services district operating
under Chapter 775, Health and Safety Code, may withdraw from an
authority, in addition to any other manner provided by law, by a
vote of a majority of the registered voters of the district voting
at an election on the question of withdrawing from the authority.
(b) The governing body of the emergency services district
shall call an election under this section if a petition requesting
that an election to withdraw from the authority be held is submitted
to the governing body and is signed by at least 10 percent of the
registered voters of the district on the date the petition is
submitted. To be counted for purposes of validating the petition, a
signature on the petition must have been inscribed not earlier than
the 120th day before the date the petition is submitted to the
governing body.
(c) The governing body, before the 31st day after the date
the petition is submitted to the governing body, shall determine
whether a petition under this section is valid, and if the governing
body fails to act on the petition before the expiration of that
period, the petition is valid.
(d) Sections 451.601, 451.607, 451.608, 451.609, 451.611,
451.612(a), and 451.613 apply to the withdrawal of an emergency
services district under this section.
(e) An election may not be called under this section to be
held on a date earlier than the first anniversary of the date of the
most recent election held under this section.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.