| 1 | 1 | | 88R2997 JTZ-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Gates H.B. No. 183 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the dissolution by petition of a municipal management |
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| 8 | 8 | | district; making conforming changes related to ship channel |
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| 9 | 9 | | security districts. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Section 375.262, Local Government Code, is |
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| 12 | 12 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | Sec. 375.262. DISSOLUTION BY PETITION BY OWNERS. (a) |
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| 14 | 14 | | Except as limited by Section 375.264, the board shall dissolve the |
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| 15 | 15 | | district on written petition filed with the board by the owners of |
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| 16 | 16 | | the majority [at least two-thirds] of the assessed value of the |
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| 17 | 17 | | property subject to assessment or taxation by the district based on |
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| 18 | 18 | | the most recent certified county property tax rolls. |
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| 19 | 19 | | (b) In all areas of conflict the provisions of this section |
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| 20 | 20 | | take precedence over a special law governing a district. |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 2. Section 68.352(b), Water Code, is amended to |
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| 22 | 22 | | read as follows: |
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| 23 | 23 | | (b) A district may be dissolved as provided by Section |
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| 24 | 24 | | 375.262, Local Government Code, except that the written petition |
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| 25 | 25 | | must be filed by the owners of at least two-thirds of the assessed |
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| 26 | 26 | | value of the property subject to assessment or taxation by the |
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| 27 | 27 | | district based on the most recent certified county property tax |
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| 28 | 28 | | rolls. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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| 30 | 30 | | a petition described by Section 375.262, Local Government Code, |
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| 31 | 31 | | filed on or after the effective date of this Act. A petition filed |
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| 32 | 32 | | before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in |
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| 33 | 33 | | effect on the date the petition was filed, and the former law is |
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| 34 | 34 | | continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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