88R14519 MCF-D
By: Rogers H.B. No. 4878
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of an emergency services district to
determine whether other persons may provide emergency services in
the district.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 775.031, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
(f) Except as provided by Subchapter B and Section 775.032,
a district has the exclusive authority to determine whether another
person may provide services in the district that the district is
authorized to provide, including when the district's territory
overlaps with the territory of another political subdivision
authorized to provide services that the district is authorized to
provide.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to services provided under a contract entered into on or after the
effective date of this Act. Services provided under a contract
entered into before the effective date of this Act are governed by
the law in effect on the date the contract was entered into, and the
former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.