| 1 | 1 | | 89R4924 MCF-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Campbell S.B. No. 2962 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to the authority of a municipality to remove territory |
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| 10 | 10 | | from an emergency services district. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Section 775.022, Health and Safety Code, is |
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| 13 | 13 | | amended by adding Subsection (h) to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (h) The authority of a municipality to remove territory from |
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| 15 | 15 | | a district and be the sole provider of emergency services to the |
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| 16 | 16 | | territory under this section expires September 1, 2025. |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 2. Section 8437.002(d), Special District Local Laws |
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| 18 | 18 | | Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (d) Notwithstanding Section 775.022(h), Health and Safety |
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| 20 | 20 | | Code, Sections 775.022(b), (c), (d), (e), (e-1), and (f), Health |
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| 21 | 21 | | and Safety Code, apply to a disannexation under this section, as if |
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| 22 | 22 | | the disannexation occurred under the provisions of Section |
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| 23 | 23 | | 775.022(a), Health and Safety Code. |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 3. Section 9036.002(d), Special District Local Laws |
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| 25 | 25 | | Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 26 | 26 | | (d) Notwithstanding Section 775.022(h), Health and Safety |
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| 27 | 27 | | Code, Sections 775.022(b), (c), (d), (e), (e-1), and (f), Health |
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| 28 | 28 | | and Safety Code, apply to a disannexation under this section, as if |
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| 29 | 29 | | the disannexation occurred under the provisions of Section |
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| 30 | 30 | | 775.022(a), Health and Safety Code. |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 4. Section 9042.002(d), Special District Local Laws |
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| 32 | 32 | | Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 33 | 33 | | (d) Notwithstanding Section 775.022(h), Health and Safety |
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| 34 | 34 | | Code, Sections 775.022(b), (c), (d), (e), (e-1), and (f), Health |
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| 35 | 35 | | and Safety Code, apply to a disannexation under this section, as if |
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| 36 | 36 | | the disannexation occurred under the provisions of Section |
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| 37 | 37 | | 775.022(a), Health and Safety Code. |
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| 38 | 38 | | SECTION 5. Section 49.353(d), Water Code, is amended to |
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| 39 | 39 | | read as follows: |
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| 40 | 40 | | (d) Notwithstanding Section 775.022(h), Health and Safety |
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| 41 | 41 | | Code, if [If] a district enters into a strategic partnership |
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| 42 | 42 | | agreement with a municipality that includes the provision of |
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| 43 | 43 | | fire-fighting services under this section, the territory of the |
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| 44 | 44 | | district annexed by the municipality for limited purposes and to be |
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| 45 | 45 | | served by the municipality under the agreement shall be disannexed |
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| 46 | 46 | | from the emergency services district in the manner provided by |
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| 47 | 47 | | Section 775.022, Health and Safety Code, for territory that is |
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| 48 | 48 | | annexed by a municipality for full purposes. |
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| 49 | 49 | | SECTION 6. Section 775.0235, Health and Safety Code, is |
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| 50 | 50 | | repealed. |
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| 51 | 51 | | SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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