Texas 2019 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2445 Introduced / Bill

Filed 02/26/2019

                    86R7804 JXC-F
 By: Parker H.B. No. 2445


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the addition of territory to a crime control and
 prevention district.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 363.181, Local Government Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 Sec. 363.181.  ELECTION REQUIRED.  (a)  The governing body
 that created a district may add all or part of the territory in the
 political subdivision governed by that body to the district and the
 district may impose a tax in that territory only if the addition of
 the territory and the imposition of the tax are approved by a
 majority of the qualified voters of the territory to be added voting
 at an election held for that purpose.
 (b)  The municipality that created a district may add all or
 part of the territory in the municipality's extraterritorial
 jurisdiction to the district and the district may impose a tax in
 that territory only if the addition of the territory and the
 imposition of the tax are approved by a majority of the qualified
 voters of the territory to be added voting at an election held for
 that purpose.
 SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.