By Eiland H.B. No. 3224 75R9364 T A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the dissolution of a beach park board of trustees. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Chapter 62, Natural Resources Code, is amended by 1-5 adding Subchapter F to read as follows: 1-6 SUBCHAPTER F. DISSOLUTION OF BOARD 1-7 Sec. 62.161. ORDER CALLING ELECTION TO DISSOLVE; NOTICE OF 1-8 ELECTION. (a) The commissioners court may order an election to 1-9 dissolve a board. 1-10 (b) The commissioners court shall give notice of the 1-11 election. The notice must include: 1-12 (1) the name of the board; 1-13 (2) the proposal that the board be dissolved; and 1-14 (3) the place, date, and time of the election. 1-15 (c) The notice shall be published in a newspaper of general 1-16 circulation in the county once a week for two consecutive weeks. 1-17 The first publication must occur not later than the 21st day before 1-18 the date on which the election will be held. 1-19 Sec. 62.162. ELECTION TO DISSOLVE. (a) An election to 1-20 dissolve a board shall be held on the first authorized uniform 1-21 election date prescribed by the Election Code that allows 1-22 sufficient time to comply with the requirements of law and that 1-23 occurs after the date on which the commissioners court orders the 1-24 election. 2-1 (b) The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or 2-2 against the following: "Dissolving the (name of county) Beach Park 2-3 Board of Trustees and transferring its parks jurisdiction, assets 2-4 and liabilities to the (name of county) Commissioners Court." 2-5 (c) A copy of the tabulation of results shall be filed with 2-6 the county clerk of the county in which the board is located. 2-7 (d) If a majority of those voting at the election vote to 2-8 dissolve the board, the board and the commissioners court shall 2-9 proceed with dissolution. An election to create a new board under 2-10 this chapter in that county may not be held for at least one year 2-11 after dissolution. 2-12 (e) If a majority of those voting at the election vote 2-13 against dissolving the board, the commissioners court may not order 2-14 another election on the issue before the first anniversary of the 2-15 date of the canvass of the election. 2-16 Sec. 62.163. ADMINISTRATION OF PROPERTY, DEBTS, AND ASSETS 2-17 AFTER DISSOLUTION. (a) After a vote to dissolve a board, the 2-18 board shall continue to control and administer the property, debts, 2-19 and assets of the board until: 2-20 (1) the board executes and files a written assignment 2-21 of all its property, debts, and assets to the commissioners court; 2-22 and 2-23 (2) the commissioners court executes and files in its 2-24 minutes an acceptance and assumption of the property, debts, and 2-25 assets of the board. 2-26 (b) The assignment prescribed by Subsection (a) must be 2-27 filed with the commissioners court not later than the 30th day 3-1 after the date of the canvass of the election. 3-2 (c) After the commissioners court determines that the 3-3 requirements of this section have been fulfilled, the commissioners 3-4 court shall enter an order dissolving the board. 3-5 (d) Each trustee is discharged from liability under the 3-6 trustee's bond on entry of the order prescribed by Subsection (c). 3-7 (e) An employee or contract of the board becomes an employee 3-8 or contract of the county, acting by and through its commissioners 3-9 court, on entry of the order prescribed by Subsection (c). 3-10 SECTION 2. EMERGENCY. The importance of this legislation 3-11 and the crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 3-12 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 3-13 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 3-14 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 3-15 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 3-16 passage, and it is so enacted.