By Smith                                        H.B. No. 2335

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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

 1-1                                   AN ACT

 1-2     relating to the continuation of certain crime control and

 1-3     prevention districts.

 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 8.01, Crime Control and Prevention

 1-6     District Act (Article 2370c-4, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is

 1-7     amended by adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows:

 1-8           (d)  In a county with a population of one million or more,

 1-9     the board or commissioners court may specify the number of years

1-10     for which the district should be continued.  The governing body of

1-11     a municipality that creates a district under Section 1.05A of this

1-12     Act may specify the number of years for which the district should

1-13     be continued.  For a continuation referendum under this subsection,

1-14     the ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the

1-15     proposition:  "Whether the ______ Crime Control and Prevention

1-16     District should be continued for _____ years and the crime control

1-17     and prevention district sales and use tax should be continued for

1-18     _____ years."

1-19           (e)  In a county with a population of one million or more,

1-20     the board or commissioners court may order a continuation

1-21     referendum without a limit on the number of years for which the

1-22     district should be continued.  The governing body of a municipality

1-23     that creates a district under Section 1.05A of this Act may order a

1-24     continuation referendum without a limit on the number of years for

 2-1     which the district should be continued.  For a continuation

 2-2     referendum under this subsection, the ballot shall be printed to

 2-3     permit voting for or against the proposition:  "Whether the _____

 2-4     Crime Control and Prevention District should be continued and the

 2-5     crime control and prevention district sales and use tax should be

 2-6     continued."

 2-7           SECTION 2.  Section 10.01, Crime Control and Prevention

 2-8     District Act (Article 2370c-4, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is

 2-9     amended by adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows:

2-10           (c)  Subsection (b) of this section does not apply to a

2-11     district that is continued under Section 8.01(d) of this Act, and

2-12     that district is dissolved on the expiration of the period for

2-13     which it was continued.

2-14           (d)  Subsection (b) of this section does not apply to a

2-15     district that is continued under Section 8.01(e) of this Act.

2-16           SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the

2-17     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an

2-18     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the

2-19     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several

2-20     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,

2-21     and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its

2-22     passage, and it is so enacted.