Enrolled Bill Summary

            House Bill 2850 amends the Health and Safety Code to establish a procedure for the board of emergency service commissioners or the board of fire commissioners to exclude from an emergency services district or a rural fire prevention district the territory in a planned community of 15,000 acres or more established under the Urban Growth and New Community Development Act that is adjacent to a county with a population of 2.8 million or more and that is subject to restrictive covenants. If a board determines that the entity responsible for collecting the ad valorem-based assessments in the territory is providing or contracting for the same emergency or fire prevention services as provided by an emergency services or rural fire prevention district, the board is required to order an election on the matter or to declare by resolution that the territory is excluded from the district.