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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the dissolution by petition of a municipal management |
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district. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 375.262, Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 375.262. DISSOLUTION BY PETITION BY OWNERS. Except as |
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limited by Section 375.264, the board shall dissolve the district |
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on written petition filed with the board by: |
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(1) in a district created on or after September 1, |
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2017, the owners of at least two-thirds of the assessed value of the |
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property subject to assessment or taxation by the district based on |
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the most recent certified county property tax rolls; or |
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(2) in a district created before September 1, 2017, |
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the owners of at least 55 percent of the assessed value of the |
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property subject to assessment or taxation by the district based on |
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the most recent certified county property tax rolls. |
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SECTION 2. Section 68.352(b), Water Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) The board shall dissolve the district on written |
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petition filed with the board by the owners of at least two-thirds |
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of the assessed value of the property subject to assessment or |
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taxation by the district based on the most recent certified county |
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property tax rolls [A district may be dissolved as provided by |
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Section 375.262, Local Government Code]. |
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SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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a petition described by Section 375.262, Local Government Code, |
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filed on or after the effective date of this Act. A petition filed |
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before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in |
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effect on the date the petition was filed, and the former law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |