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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of a special district to exercise a right |
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or power outside the district's boundaries. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subtitle Z, Title 10, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Chapter 3001 to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 3001. SPECIAL DISTRICT RIGHTS AND POWERS LIMITATION |
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Sec. 3001.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "special |
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district" means a political subdivision of this state with a |
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limited geographic area created for a special purpose by local law |
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or under general law. The term does not include a school district. |
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Sec. 3001.002. RIGHTS AND POWERS LIMITED TO BOUNDARIES. |
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(a) Notwithstanding any other law, except as provided by |
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Subsection (c), a special district may not exercise any right or |
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power outside the district's boundaries on or after September 1, |
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2023. |
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(b) This section prevails over a special law governing a |
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special district. |
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(c) This chapter does not diminish or impair the rights of |
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the holders of any outstanding and unpaid debts, bonds, warrants, |
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or other obligations of a special district. After September 1, |
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2023, a special district may continue to exercise a right or power |
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outside the district as provided by other law only as necessary to |
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pay or fulfill any outstanding and unpaid debts, bonds, warrants, |
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or other obligations. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |