H.B. No. 4075
AN ACT
relating to the dissolution of fire control, prevention, and
emergency medical services districts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 344.260(a), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) If less than a majority of the votes cast in a
continuation referendum election are for the continuation of a
district or if a majority of the votes cast in a dissolution
referendum are for dissolution of the district:
(1) the board shall certify that fact to the secretary
of state not later than the 10th day after the date of the canvass of
the returns; and
(2) the district is dissolved and ceases to operate as
provided by Section 344.301.
SECTION 2. Section 344.301, Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 344.301. TIME FOR DISSOLUTION OF DISTRICT. (a) A
district is dissolved on the first uniform election date that
occurs after the fifth anniversary of [five years after] the date
the municipality began to impose taxes for district purposes if the
district has not held a continuation or dissolution referendum.
(b) The district is dissolved on the first uniform election
date that occurs after the fifth anniversary of the date of the most
recent continuation or dissolution referendum.
(c) Subsection (b) does not apply to a district that is
continued under Section 344.251(g), and that district is dissolved
on the first uniform election date that occurs after the end
[expiration] of the period for which it was continued.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4075 was passed by the House on May 7,
2019, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 3, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4075 was passed by the Senate on May
22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor