87R7971 SMT-D
By: Gates H.B. No. 1219
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the dissolution by petition of a municipal management
district.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 375.262, Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 375.262. DISSOLUTION BY PETITION BY OWNERS. Except as
limited by Section 375.264, the board shall dissolve the district
on written petition filed with the board by:
(1) in a district created on or after September 1,
2017, the owners of at least two-thirds of the assessed value of the
property subject to assessment or taxation by the district based on
the most recent certified county property tax rolls; or
(2) in a district created before September 1, 2017,
the owners of at least 55 percent of the assessed value of the
property subject to assessment or taxation by the district based on
the most recent certified county property tax rolls.
SECTION 2. Section 68.352(b), Water Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) The board shall dissolve the district on written
petition filed with the board by the owners of at least two-thirds
of the assessed value of the property subject to assessment or
taxation by the district based on the most recent certified county
property tax rolls [A district may be dissolved as provided by
Section 375.262, Local Government Code].
SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
a petition described by Section 375.262, Local Government Code,
filed on or after the effective date of this Act. A petition filed
before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in
effect on the date the petition was filed, and the former law is
continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.