H.B. No. 2461

	AN ACT
	relating to the territory of and fees imposed by certain emergency
	communication districts.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 772, Health and Safety
	Code, is amended by adding Section 772.3051 to read as follows:
	Sec. 772.3051.  REMOVAL OF CERTAIN MUNICIPAL TERRITORY. (a)
	A municipality that is a participating jurisdiction may request
	that the municipality be removed from the district if the
	municipality operated a consolidated public safety answering point
	with at least three emergency communication districts described by
	Section 771.001(3)(A) for at least a three-year period before
	September 1, 2019.
	(b)  The board of a district that receives a request under
	Subsection (a) shall approve the request and, not later than the
	91st day before the date the removal will take effect, notify each
	service supplier providing service in the district of the scheduled
	removal. The removal must take effect on a date that:
	(1)  allows the board to comply with the notice
	requirements of this section; and
	(2)  is not later than the 180th day after the date the
	board receives the request.
	(c)  Removal of a municipality under this section does not
	diminish or impair the rights of the holders of any outstanding and
	unpaid bonds, warrants, or other obligations of the district.
	(d)  If a municipality is removed under this section, the
	municipality shall compensate the district in an amount equal to
	the municipality's pro rata share of the district's indebtedness at
	the time the municipality is removed. The district shall apply
	compensation received from a municipality under this subsection
	exclusively to the payment of the municipality's pro rata share of
	the district's indebtedness.
	SECTION 2.  Section 772.314, Health and Safety Code, is
	amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:
	(c-1)  The board may impose the fee at the rate authorized by
	Subsection (c) regardless of whether an election was held for the
	district under Chapter 288 (S.B. 750), Acts of the 69th
	Legislature, Regular Session, 1985, or former Article 1432e,
	Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, at which the voters authorized a
	different rate.
	SECTION 3.  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, 2019.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 2461 was passed by the House on April
	26, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 139, Nays 0, 2 present, not
	voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 2461 was passed by the Senate on May
	21, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED:  _____________________
	Date
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	Governor