H.B. No. 2348
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to a contract between a water district and a municipality
  for the provision of fire-fighting services in certain counties.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter L, Chapter 49, Water Code, is amended
  by adding Section 49.353 to read as follows:
         Sec. 49.353.  MUNICIPAL CONTRACT FOR FIRE-FIGHTING SERVICES
  IN CERTAIN COUNTIES.  (a)  In this section, "fire-fighting
  services" has the meaning assigned by Section 49.351.
         (b)  This section applies only to a district:
               (1)  located wholly or partly in a county with a
  population of more than 3.3 million; and
               (2)  in whose territory an emergency services district
  that provides fire-fighting services to all or part of the district
  is wholly or partly located.
         (c)  Notwithstanding Section 43.0751(f)(2)(B)(iii), Local
  Government Code, as part of a strategic partnership agreement
  entered into on or before December 31, 2006, under Section 43.0751,
  Local Government Code, a district may contract with a municipality
  whose fire department, on the date the agreement is entered into,
  has an Insurance Services Office (ISO) Class 1 Public Protection
  Classification Rating or comparable rating recognized by the state
  fire marshal for the provision of fire-fighting services to all or
  part of the district's territory, without the authorization of the
  emergency services district that provides fire-fighting services
  to the district immediately before the date on which the agreement
  takes effect.
         (d)  If a district enters into a strategic partnership
  agreement with a municipality that includes the provision of
  fire-fighting services under this section, the territory of the
  district annexed by the municipality for limited purposes and to be
  served by the municipality under the agreement shall be disannexed
  from the emergency services district in the manner provided by
  Section 775.022, Health and Safety Code, for territory that is
  annexed by a municipality for full purposes.
         (e)  This section does not apply to a strategic partnership
  agreement that is:
               (1)  entered into after December 31, 2006; or
               (2)  amended after December 31, 2006, to include the
  provision of fire-fighting services.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2348 was passed by the House on May
  12, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 149, Nays 0, 1 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2348 was passed by the Senate on May
  25, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor