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1		-	H.B. No. 2461
	1	+	By: Stucky, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Nelson) H.B. No. 2461
	2	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2019;
	3	+	April 29, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on
	4	+	Intergovernmental Relations; May 13, 2019, reported favorably by
	5	+	the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 13, 2019, sent to printer.)
	6	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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	9	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	10		AN ACT
5	11		relating to the territory of and fees imposed by certain emergency
6	12		communication districts.
7	13		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	14		SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 772, Health and Safety
9	15		Code, is amended by adding Section 772.3051 to read as follows:
10	16		Sec. 772.3051. REMOVAL OF CERTAIN MUNICIPAL TERRITORY. (a)
11	17		A municipality that is a participating jurisdiction may request
12	18		that the municipality be removed from the district if the
13	19		municipality operated a consolidated public safety answering point
14	20		with at least three emergency communication districts described by
15	21		Section 771.001(3)(A) for at least a three-year period before
16	22		September 1, 2019.
17	23		(b) The board of a district that receives a request under
18	24		Subsection (a) shall approve the request and, not later than the
19	25		91st day before the date the removal will take effect, notify each
20	26		service supplier providing service in the district of the scheduled
21	27		removal. The removal must take effect on a date that:
22	28		(1) allows the board to comply with the notice
23	29		requirements of this section; and
24	30		(2) is not later than the 180th day after the date the
25	31		board receives the request.
26	32		(c) Removal of a municipality under this section does not
27	33		diminish or impair the rights of the holders of any outstanding and
28	34		unpaid bonds, warrants, or other obligations of the district.
29	35		(d) If a municipality is removed under this section, the
30	36		municipality shall compensate the district in an amount equal to
31	37		the municipality's pro rata share of the district's indebtedness at
32	38		the time the municipality is removed. The district shall apply
33	39		compensation received from a municipality under this subsection
34	40		exclusively to the payment of the municipality's pro rata share of
35	41		the district's indebtedness.
36	42		SECTION 2. Section 772.314, Health and Safety Code, is
37	43		amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:
38	44		(c-1) The board may impose the fee at the rate authorized by
39	45		Subsection (c) regardless of whether an election was held for the
40	46		district under Chapter 288 (S.B. 750), Acts of the 69th
41	47		Legislature, Regular Session, 1985, or former Article 1432e,
42	48		Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, at which the voters authorized a
43	49		different rate.
44	50		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
45	51		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
46	52		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
47	53		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
48	54		Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
49		-	______________________________ ______________________________
50		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
51		-	I certify that H.B. No. 2461 was passed by the House on April
52		-	26, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, 2 present, not
53		-	voting.
54		-	______________________________
55		-	Chief Clerk of the House
56		-	I certify that H.B. No. 2461 was passed by the Senate on May
57		-	21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
58		-	______________________________
59		-	Secretary of the Senate
60		-	APPROVED: _____________________
61		-	Date
62		-	_____________________
63		-	Governor
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