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AN ACT
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relating to the dissolution of fire control, prevention, and |
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emergency medical services districts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 344.260(a), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) If less than a majority of the votes cast in a |
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continuation referendum election are for the continuation of a |
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district or if a majority of the votes cast in a dissolution |
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referendum are for dissolution of the district: |
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(1) the board shall certify that fact to the secretary |
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of state not later than the 10th day after the date of the canvass of |
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the returns; and |
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(2) the district is dissolved and ceases to operate as |
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provided by Section 344.301. |
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SECTION 2. Section 344.301, Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 344.301. TIME FOR DISSOLUTION OF DISTRICT. (a) A |
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district is dissolved on the first uniform election date that |
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occurs after the fifth anniversary of [five years after] the date |
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the municipality began to impose taxes for district purposes if the |
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district has not held a continuation or dissolution referendum. |
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(b) The district is dissolved on the first uniform election |
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date that occurs after the fifth anniversary of the date of the most |
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recent continuation or dissolution referendum. |
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(c) Subsection (b) does not apply to a district that is |
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continued under Section 344.251(g), and that district is dissolved |
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on the first uniform election date that occurs after the end |
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[expiration] of the period for which it was continued. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 4075 was passed by the House on May 7, |
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2019, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 3, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 4075 was passed by the Senate on May |
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22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |