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1		-	H.B. No. 347
	1	+	By: King of Parker, et al. H.B. No. 347
	2	+	(Senate Sponsor - Birdwell)
	3	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 11, 2019;
	4	+	April 16, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on State
	5	+	Affairs; April 29, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote:
	6	+	Yeas 7, Nays 0; April 29, 2019, sent to printer.)
	7	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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	10	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	11		AN ACT
5	12		relating to consent annexation requirements.
6	13		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
7	14		ARTICLE 1. REPEAL OF TIER SYSTEM
8	15		SECTION 1.01. The following provisions of Chapter 43, Local
9	16		Government Code, are repealed:
10	17		(1) Sections 43.001(2), (3), (4), and (5);
11	18		(2) Section 43.011;
12	19		(3) Subchapter B;
13	20		(4) Section 43.0505(b);
14	21		(5) Section 43.052;
15	22		(6) Section 43.053;
16	23		(7) Section 43.056(q);
17	24		(8) Section 43.0561;
18	25		(9) Section 43.0562;
19	26		(10) Section 43.0563;
20	27		(11) Section 43.0564;
21	28		(12) Section 43.061(b);
22	29		(13) Section 43.066;
23	30		(14) Section 43.067;
24	31		(15) Section 43.068;
25	32		(16) Section 43.069;
26	33		(17) Section 43.0751(o);
27	34		(18) Section 43.0752;
28	35		(19) Section 43.103;
29	36		(20) Section 43.105; and
30	37		(21) Subchapter Y.
31	38		SECTION 1.02. The heading to Subchapter C-2, Chapter 43,
32	39		Local Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
33	40		SUBCHAPTER C-2. GENERAL ANNEXATION AUTHORITY AND PROCEDURES
34	41		REGARDING CONSENT ANNEXATIONS[: TIER 2 MUNICIPALITIES]
35	42		SECTION 1.03. The heading to Subchapter C-3, Chapter 43,
36	43		Local Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
37	44		SUBCHAPTER C-3. ANNEXATION OF AREA ON REQUEST OF OWNERS[: TIER 2
38	45		MUNICIPALITIES]
39	46		SECTION 1.04. The heading to Subchapter C-4, Chapter 43,
40	47		Local Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
41	48		SUBCHAPTER C-4. ANNEXATION OF AREAS WITH POPULATION OF LESS THAN
42	49		200 BY PETITION [: TIER 2 MUNICIPALITIES]
43	50		SECTION 1.05. The heading to Subchapter C-5, Chapter 43,
44	51		Local Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
45	52		SUBCHAPTER C-5. ANNEXATION OF AREAS WITH POPULATION OF AT LEAST 200
46	53		BY ELECTION [: TIER 2 MUNICIPALITIES]
47	54		SECTION 1.06. Section 43.1025(c), Local Government Code, is
48	55		amended to read as follows:
49	56		(c) The area described by Subsection (b) may be annexed
50	57		under the requirements prescribed by Subchapter C-3, C-4, or C-5,
51	58		as applicable [to a tier 2 municipality], but the annexation may not
52	59		occur unless each municipality in whose extraterritorial
53	60		jurisdiction the area may be located:
54	61		(1) consents to the annexation; and
55	62		(2) reduces its extraterritorial jurisdiction over
56	63		the area as provided by Section 42.023.
57	64		SECTION 1.07. Section 43.1211, Local Government Code, is
58	65		amended to read as follows:
59	66		Sec. 43.1211. USE OF CONSENT PROCEDURES [AUTHORITY OF
60	67		CERTAIN TIER 2 MUNICIPALITIES] TO ANNEX FOR LIMITED PURPOSES.
61	68		Except as provided by Section 43.0751, beginning December 1, 2017,
62	69		a [tier 2] municipality described by Section 43.121(a) may annex an
63	70		area for the limited purposes of applying its planning, zoning,
64	71		health, and safety ordinances in the area using the procedures
65	72		under Subchapter C-3, C-4, or C-5, as applicable.
66	73		ARTICLE 2. CONFORMING CHANGES
67	74		SECTION 2.01. The following provisions of the Special
68	75		District Local Laws Code are repealed:
69	76		(1) Section 8374.252(a);
70	77		(2) Section 8375.252(a);
71	78		(3) Section 8376.252(a);
72	79		(4) Section 8377.252(a);
73	80		(5) Section 8378.252(a);
74	81		(6) Section 8382.252(a);
75	82		(7) Section 8383.252(a);
76	83		(8) Section 8384.252(a);
77	84		(9) Section 8385.252(a); and
78	85		(10) Section 8477.302(a).
79	86		SECTION 2.02. Section 43.0116(a), Local Government Code, is
80	87		amended to read as follows:
81	88		(a) Notwithstanding any other law and subject to Subsection
82	89		(b), a municipality may annex all or part of the area located in an
83	90		industrial district designated by the governing body of the
84	91		municipality under Section 42.044 under the procedures prescribed
85	92		by Subchapter C-1 [the requirements applicable to a tier 1
86	93		municipality].
87	94		SECTION 2.03. The heading to Subchapter C, Chapter 43,
88	95		Local Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
89	96		SUBCHAPTER C. LIMITATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS REGARDING ANNEXATIONS
90	97		EXEMPTED FROM CONSENT ANNEXATION PROCEDURES [PROCEDURE FOR AREAS
91	98		ANNEXED UNDER MUNICIPAL ANNEXATION PLAN: TIER 1 MUNICIPALITIES]
92	99		SECTION 2.04. Section 43.0505(a), Local Government Code, is
93	100		amended to read as follows:
94	101		(a) This [Except as provided by Subsection (b), this]
95	102		subchapter applies only to an annexation under Subchapter C-1 [a
96	103		tier 1 municipality].
97	104		SECTION 2.05. Sections 43.056(a), (b), (j), and (k), Local
98	105		Government Code, are amended to read as follows:
99	106		(a) This section applies to a service plan under Section
100	107		43.065 [Before the first day of the 10th month after the month in
101	108		which the inventory is prepared as provided by Section 43.053, the
102	109		municipality proposing the annexation shall complete a service plan
103	110		that provides for the extension of full municipal services to the
104	111		area to be annexed. The municipality shall provide the services by
105	112		any of the methods by which it extends the services to any other
106	113		area of the municipality].
107	114		(b) The service plan, which must be completed [in the period
108	115		provided by Subsection (a)] before the annexation, must include a
109	116		program under which the municipality will provide full municipal
110	117		services in the annexed area no later than 2-1/2 years after the
111	118		effective date of the annexation, in accordance with Subsection
112	119		(e), unless certain services cannot reasonably be provided within
113	120		that period and the municipality proposes a schedule for providing
114	121		those services, and must include a list of all services required by
115	122		this section to be provided under the plan. If the municipality
116	123		proposes a schedule to extend the period for providing certain
117	124		services, the schedule must provide for the provision of full
118	125		municipal services no later than 4-1/2 years after the effective
119	126		date of the annexation. However, under the program if the
120	127		municipality provides any of the following services within the
121	128		corporate boundaries of the municipality before annexation, the
122	129		municipality must provide those services in the area proposed for
123	130		annexation on the effective date of the annexation of the area:
124	131		(1) police protection;
125	132		(2) fire protection;
126	133		(3) emergency medical services;
127	134		(4) solid waste collection, except as provided by
128	135		Subsection (o);
129	136		(5) operation and maintenance of water and wastewater
130	137		facilities in the annexed area that are not within the service area
131	138		of another water or wastewater utility;
132	139		(6) operation and maintenance of roads and streets,
133	140		including road and street lighting;
134	141		(7) operation and maintenance of parks, playgrounds,
135	142		and swimming pools; and
136	143		(8) operation and maintenance of any other publicly
137	144		owned facility, building, or service.
138	145		(j) The proposed service plan must be made available for
139	146		public inspection and explained to the inhabitants of the area at
140	147		the public hearings held under Section 43.063 [43.0561]. The plan
141	148		may be amended through negotiation at the hearings, but the
142	149		provision of any service may not be deleted. On completion of the
143	150		public hearings, the service plan shall be attached to the
144	151		ordinance annexing the area and approved as part of the ordinance.
145	152		(k) On approval by the governing body, the service plan is a
146	153		contractual obligation that is not subject to amendment or repeal
147	154		except that if the governing body determines at the public hearings
148	155		required by this subsection that changed conditions or subsequent
149	156		occurrences make the service plan unworkable or obsolete, the
150	157		governing body may amend the service plan to conform to the changed
151	158		conditions or subsequent occurrences. An amended service plan must
152	159		provide for services that are comparable to or better than those
153	160		established in the service plan before amendment. Before any
154	161		amendment is adopted, the governing body must provide an
155	162		opportunity for interested persons to be heard at public hearings
156	163		called and held in the manner provided by Section 43.063 [43.0561].
157	164		SECTION 2.06. The heading to Subchapter C-1, Chapter 43,
158	165		Local Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
159	166		SUBCHAPTER C-1. ANNEXATION PROCEDURE FOR AREAS EXEMPTED FROM
160	167		CONSENT [MUNICIPAL] ANNEXATION PROCEDURES [PLAN: TIER 1
161	168		MUNICIPALITIES]
162	169		SECTION 2.07. Section 43.061(a), Local Government Code, is
163	170		amended to read as follows:
164	171		(a) Unless otherwise specifically provided by this chapter
165	172		or another law [Except as provided by Subsection (b)], this
166	173		subchapter applies only to an annexation under:
167	174		(1) Section 43.0115 (Enclave);
168	175		(2) Section 43.0116 (Industrial District);
169	176		(3) Section 43.012 (Area Owned by Type-A
170	177		Municipality);
171	178		(4) Section 43.013 (Navigable Stream);
172	179		(5) Section 43.0751(h) (Strategic Partnership);
173	180		(6) Section 43.101 (Municipally Owned Reservoir);
174	181		(7) Section 43.102 (Municipally Owned Airport); and
175	182		(8) Section 43.1055 (Road and Right-of-Way) [area that
176	183		is proposed for annexation by a tier 1 municipality and that is not
177	184		required to be included in a municipal annexation plan under
178	185		Section 43.052(h)].
179	186		SECTION 2.08. Section 43.062(b), Local Government Code, is
180	187		amended to read as follows:
181	188		(b) This subsection applies only to an area that contains
182	189		fewer than 100 separate tracts of land on which one or more
183	190		residential dwellings are located on each tract [described by
184	191		Section 43.052(h)(1)]. Before the 30th day before the date of the
185	192		first hearing required under Section 43.063, a municipality shall
186	193		give written notice of its intent to annex the area to:
187	194		(1) each property owner in an area proposed for
188	195		annexation, as indicated by the appraisal records furnished by the
189	196		appraisal district for each county in which the area is located;
190	197		(2) each public entity[, as defined by Section
191	198		43.053,] or private entity that provides services in the area
192	199		proposed for annexation, including each:
193	200		(A) municipality, county, fire protection
194	201		service provider, including a volunteer fire department, and
195	202		emergency medical services provider, including a volunteer
196	203		emergency medical services provider; and
197	204		(B) municipal utility district, water control
198	205		and improvement district, or other district created under Section
199	206		52, Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution;
200	207		and
201	208		(3) each railroad company that serves the municipality
202	209		and is on the municipality's tax roll if the company's right-of-way
203	210		is in the area proposed for annexation.
204	211		SECTION 2.09. Section 43.0715(c), Local Government Code, is
205	212		amended to read as follows:
206	213		(c) At the time notice of the municipality's intent to annex
207	214		the land within the district is first given in accordance with
208	215		Section [43.052,] 43.0683[,] or 43.0693, as applicable, the
209	216		municipality shall proceed to initiate and complete a report for
210	217		each developer conducted in accordance with the format approved by
211	218		the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for audits. In the
212	219		event the municipality is unable to complete the report prior to the
213	220		effective date of the annexation as a result of the developer's
214	221		failure to provide information to the municipality which cannot be
215	222		obtained from other sources, the municipality shall obtain from the
216	223		district the estimated costs of each project previously undertaken
217	224		by a developer which are eligible for reimbursement. The amount of
218	225		such costs, as estimated by the district, shall be escrowed by the
219	226		municipality for the benefit of the persons entitled to receive
220	227		payment in an insured interest-bearing account with a financial
221	228		institution authorized to do business in the state. To compensate
222	229		the developer for the municipality's use of the infrastructure
223	230		facilities pending the determination of the reimbursement amount,
224	231		all interest accrued on the escrowed funds shall be paid to the
225	232		developer whether or not the annexation is valid. Upon placement
226	233		of the funds in the escrow account, the annexation may become
227	234		effective. In the event a municipality timely escrows all
228	235		estimated reimbursable amounts as required by this subsection and
229	236		all such amounts, determined to be owed, including interest, are
230	237		subsequently disbursed to the developer within five days of final
231	238		determination in immediately available funds as required by this
232	239		section, no penalties or interest shall accrue during the pendency
233	240		of the escrow. Either the municipality or developer may, by
234	241		written notice to the other party, require disputes regarding the
235	242		amount owed under this section to be subject to nonbinding
236	243		arbitration in accordance with the rules of the American
237	244		Arbitration Association.
238	245		SECTION 2.10. Sections 43.0751(b) and (h), Local Government
239	246		Code, are amended to read as follows:
240	247		(b) The governing bodies of a municipality and a district
241	248		may negotiate and enter into a written strategic partnership
242	249		agreement for the district by mutual consent. [The governing body
243	250		of a municipality, on written request from a district included in
244	251		the municipality's annexation plan under Section 43.052, shall
245	252		negotiate and enter into a written strategic partnership agreement
246	253		with the district. A district included in a municipality's
247	254		annexation plan under Section 43.052:
248	255		[(1) may not submit its written request before the
249	256		date of the second hearing required under Section 43.0561; and
250	257		[(2) must submit its written request before the 61st
251	258		day after the date of the second hearing required under Section
252	259		43.0561.]
253	260		(h) On the full-purpose annexation conversion date set
254	261		forth in the strategic partnership agreement pursuant to Subsection
255	262		(f)(5), the land included within the boundaries of the district
256	263		shall be deemed to be within the full-purpose boundary limits of the
257	264		municipality without the need for further action by the governing
258	265		body of the municipality. The full-purpose annexation conversion
259	266		date established by a strategic partnership agreement may be
260	267		altered only by mutual agreement of the district and the
261	268		municipality. However, nothing herein shall prevent the
262	269		municipality from terminating the agreement and instituting
263	270		proceedings to annex the district, on request by the governing body
264	271		of the district, on any date prior to the full-purpose annexation
265	272		conversion date established by the strategic partnership agreement
266	273		under the procedures prescribed by Subchapter C-1 [applicable to a
267	274		tier 1 municipality]. Land annexed for limited or full purposes
268	275		under this section shall not be included in calculations prescribed
269	276		by Section 43.055(a).
270	277		SECTION 2.11. Section 43.07515(a), Local Government Code,
271	278		is amended to read as follows:
272	279		(a) A municipality may not regulate under Section 43.0751
273	280		[or 43.0752] the sale, use, storage, or transportation of fireworks
274	281		outside of the municipality's boundaries.
275	282		SECTION 2.12. Section 43.101(c), Local Government Code, is
276	283		amended to read as follows:
277	284		(c) A municipality may annex the [The] area described by
278	285		this section [may be annexed] without the consent of any owners or
279	286		residents of the area under the procedures prescribed by Subchapter
280	287		C-1 [applicable to a tier 1 municipality by:
281	288		[(1) a tier 1 municipality; and
282	289		[(2)] if there are no owners other than the
283	290		municipality or residents of the area[, a tier 2 municipality].
284	291		SECTION 2.13. Section 43.102(c), Local Government Code, is
285	292		amended to read as follows:
286	293		(c) A municipality may annex the [The] area described by
287	294		this section [may be annexed] without the consent of any owners or
288	295		residents of the area under the procedures prescribed by Subchapter
289	296		C-1 [applicable to a tier 1 municipality by:
290	297		[(1) a tier 1 municipality; and
291	298		[(2)] if there are no owners other than the
292	299		municipality or residents of the area[, a tier 2 municipality].
293	300		SECTION 2.14. Section 43.1055, Local Government Code, is
294	301		amended to read as follows:
295	302		Sec. 43.1055. ANNEXATION OF ROADS AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY [IN
296	303		CERTAIN LARGE COUNTIES]. Notwithstanding any other law, a [tier 2]
297	304		municipality may by ordinance annex a road or the right-of-way of a
298	305		road on request of the owner of the road or right-of-way or the
299	306		governing body of the political subdivision that maintains the road
300	307		or right-of-way under the procedures prescribed by Subchapter C-1
301	308		[applicable to a tier 1 municipality].
302	309		SECTION 2.15. Section 43.141(a), Local Government Code, is
303	310		amended to read as follows:
304	311		(a) A majority of the qualified voters of an annexed area
305	312		may petition the governing body of the municipality to disannex the
306	313		area if the municipality fails or refuses to provide services or to
307	314		cause services to be provided to the area:
308	315		(1) if the area was annexed under Subchapter C-1
309	316		[municipality is a tier 1 municipality], within the period
310	317		specified by Section 43.056 or by the service plan prepared for the
311	318		area under that section; or
312	319		(2) if the area was annexed under Subchapter C-3, C-4,
313	320		or C-5 [municipality is a tier 2 municipality], within the period
314	321		specified by the written agreement under Section 43.0672 or the
315	322		resolution under Section 43.0682 or 43.0692, as applicable.
316	323		SECTION 2.16. Section 43.203(b), Local Government Code, is
317	324		amended to read as follows:
318	325		(b) On receipt of the district's petition, the governing
319	326		body of the municipality shall enter into negotiations with the
320	327		district for an agreement to alter the status of annexation that
321	328		must:
322	329		(1) specify the period, which may not be less than 10
323	330		years beginning on January 1 of the year following the date of the
324	331		agreement, in which limited-purpose annexation is in effect;
325	332		(2) provide that, at the expiration of the period, the
326	333		district's annexation status will automatically revert to
327	334		full-purpose annexation without following procedures provided by
328	335		Section [Sections] 43.014 [and 43.052 through 43.055] or any
329	336		[other] procedural requirement for annexation not in effect on
330	337		January 1, 1995; and
331	338		(3) specify the financial obligations of the district
332	339		during and after the period of limited-purpose annexation for:
333	340		(A) facilities constructed by the municipality
334	341		that are in or that serve the district;
335	342		(B) debt incurred by the district for water and
336	343		sewer infrastructure that will be assumed by the municipality at
337	344		the end of the period of limited-purpose annexation; and
338	345		(C) use of the municipal sales taxes collected by
339	346		the municipality for facilities or services in the district.
340	347		SECTION 2.17. Section 43.905(a), Local Government Code, is
341	348		amended to read as follows:
342	349		(a) A municipality that proposes to annex an area shall
343	350		provide written notice of the proposed annexation to each public
344	351		school district located in the area proposed for annexation within
345	352		the period prescribed for providing the notice of, as applicable:
346	353		(1) the hearing under Section 43.0673; or
347	354		(2) the first hearing under Section [43.0561,] 43.063,
348	355		[43.0673,] 43.0683, or 43.0693[, as applicable].
349	356		SECTION 2.18. Sections 43.9051(a) and (b), Local Government
350	357		Code, are amended to read as follows:
351	358		(a) In this section, "public entity" includes a county, fire
352	359		protection service provider, including a volunteer fire
353	360		department, emergency medical services provider, including a
354	361		volunteer emergency medical services provider, or special district
355	362		described[, as that term is defined] by Section 43.062(b)(2)(B)
356	363		[43.052].
357	364		(b) A municipality that proposes to annex an area shall
358	365		provide to each public entity that is located in or provides
359	366		services to the area proposed for annexation written notice of the
360	367		proposed annexation within the period prescribed for providing the
361	368		notice of, as applicable:
362	369		(1) the hearing under Section 43.0673; or
363	370		(2) the first hearing under Section [43.0561,] 43.063,
364	371		[43.0673,] 43.0683, or 43.0693[, as applicable, to each public
365	372		entity that is located in or provides services to the area proposed
366	373		for annexation].
367	374		ARTICLE 3. HEARING REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN CONSENT ANNEXATIONS
368	375		SECTION 3.01. Section 43.0673, Local Government Code, is
369	376		amended to read as follows:
370	377		Sec. 43.0673. PUBLIC HEARING [HEARINGS]. (a) Before a
371	378		municipality may adopt an ordinance annexing an area under this
372	379		subchapter [section], the governing body of the municipality must
373	380		conduct one [at least two] public hearing [hearings].
374	381		[(b) The hearings must be conducted not less than 10
375	382		business days apart.]
376	383		(c) During the [first] public hearing, the governing body:
377	384		(1) must provide persons interested in the annexation
378	385		the opportunity to be heard; and
379	386		(2) [. During the final public hearing, the governing
380	387		body] may adopt an ordinance annexing the area.
381	388		(d) The municipality must post notice of the hearing
382	389		[hearings] on the municipality's Internet website if the
383	390		municipality has an Internet website and publish notice of the
384	391		hearing [hearings] in a newspaper of general circulation in the
385	392		municipality and in the area proposed for annexation. The notice
386	393		for the [each] hearing must be:
387	394		(1) published at least once on or after the 20th day
388	395		but before the 10th day before the date of the hearing; and
389	396		(2) [. The notice for each hearing must be] posted on
390	397		the municipality's Internet website on or after the 20th day but
391	398		before the 10th day before the date of the hearing and must remain
392	399		posted until the date of the hearing.
393	400		ARTICLE 4. TRANSITION AND EFFECTIVE DATE
394		-	SECTION 4.01. (a) Except as provided by ~~Subsections~~ (b) ~~and~~
395		-	~~(c) of~~ this section, the changes in law made by this Act apply only
396		-	~~to an~~ annexation of an area that is not final on the effective date
397		-	of this Act. An annexation of an area that was final before the
	401	+	SECTION 4.01. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of
	402	+	this section, the changes in law made by this Act apply only to an
	403	+	annexation of an area that is not final on the effective date of
	404	+	this Act. An annexation of an area that was final before the
398	405		effective date of this Act is governed by those portions of Chapter
399	406		43, Local Government Code, that relate to post-annexation
400	407		procedures and requirements in effect immediately before the
401	408		effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for
402	409		that purpose.
403	410		(b) The changes in law made by this Act do not apply to the
404	411		annexation of an area for which the governing body of a municipality
405	412		has adopted a resolution to direct the municipality's city manager
406	413		to prepare a service plan for the area on or before the effective
407	414		date of this Act. An annexation of an area for which the governing
408	415		body adopted a resolution to direct the municipality's city manager
409	416		to prepare a service plan for the area before the effective date of
410	417		this Act is governed by Chapter 43, Local Government Code, as it
411	418		existed on January 1, 2019.
412		-	(c) Until the fourth anniversary of the date that final
413		-	judgment in an action described by this subsection is rendered, the
414		-	changes in law made by this Act do not apply to an annexation of an
415		-	area described by this subsection, and an annexation of an area
416		-	described by this subsection is governed by Chapter 43, Local
417		-	Government Code, as it existed on January 1, 2019. This subsection
418		-	applies only to an area that is:
419		-	(1) wholly located in a county that:
420		-	(A) borders the Gulf of Mexico; and
421		-	(B) contains an international border; and
422		-	(2) proposed to be annexed by a municipality that is a
423		-	named party in an action:
424		-	(A) involving issues of fact or law relating to
425		-	the annexation; and
426		-	(B) commenced before January 1, 2019.
427	419		SECTION 4.02. This Act takes effect immediately if it
428	420		receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each
429	421		house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.
430	422		If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate
431	423		effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
432		-	______________________________ ______________________________
433		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
434		-	I certify that H.B. No. 347 was passed by the House on April
435		-	9, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 133, Nays 14, 1 present, not
436		-	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
437		-	No. 347 on May 13, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 131, Nays 9, 1
438		-	present, not voting.
439		-	______________________________
440		-	Chief Clerk of the House
441		-	I certify that H.B. No. 347 was passed by the Senate, with
442		-	amendments, on May 8, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 25, Nays 6.
443		-	______________________________
444		-	Secretary of the Senate
445		-	APPROVED: __________________
446		-	Date
447		-	__________________
448		-	Governor
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