Texas 2021 87th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1473 Introduced / Bill

Filed 03/10/2021

                    87R11608 TYPED
 By: Miles S.B. No. 1473


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to emergency services districts.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 775.0234, Health and Safety Code, is
 added to read as follows:
 Sec. 775.0234.  REMOVAL OF TERRITORY ON REQUEST OF
 MUNICIPALITY. The board shall remove territory from a district as
 provided by this Section, on request of a municipality, only if the
 municipality has secured an alternative emergency service provider
 for the portions of territory located in the municipality's
 extraterritorial jurisdiction.
 SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.