By Harris                                       S.B. No. 1381

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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

 1-1                                   AN ACT

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

 1-3     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 amending Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsection

 1-8     (d) to read as follows:

 1-9           (b)  The board shall order a continuation referendum if a

1-10     petition that requests continuation of the district is presented in

1-11     accordance with this article or if a majority of the commissioners

1-12     court of the county in which the district is located by resolution

1-13     requests continuation after notice and a public hearing on the

1-14     matter.  However, the board may not hold a continuation referendum

1-15     under this subsection earlier than five years after the date the

1-16     district was created or earlier than three years after the date of

1-17     the last preceding continuation or dissolution referendum.

1-18           (c)  The board may hold a referendum on the question of

1-19     whether to continue the district until all liabilities of the

1-20     district and all liabilities associated with the district have been

1-21     retired.  The board shall order a continuation referendum on the

1-22     question if a petition that requests continuation of the district

1-23     for those purposes is presented in accordance with this article or

1-24     if a majority of the commissioners court of the county in which the

 2-1     district is located by resolution requests continuation of the

 2-2     district for those purposes after notice and a public hearing on

 2-3     the matter. The board may not hold a continuation referendum under

 2-4     this subsection earlier than one year after the date of the

 2-5     creation of the district.

 2-6           (d)  For a continuation referendum under Subsection (b) of

 2-7     this section, the ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or

 2-8     against the proposition: "Whether the ________ County Crime Control

 2-9     and Prevention District should be continued and the crime control

2-10     and prevention district sales and use tax should be continued."

2-11     For a continuation referendum under Subsection (c) of this section,

2-12     the ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the

2-13     proposition: "Whether the ________ County Crime Control and

2-14     Prevention District should be continued and the crime control and

2-15     prevention district sales and use tax should be continued until all

2-16     liabilities of the district and all liabilities associated with the

2-17     district have been retired."

2-18           SECTION 2.  Section 10.01, Crime Control and Prevention

2-19     District Act (Article 2370c-4, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is

2-20     amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:

2-21           (c)  Subsection (b) of this section does not apply to a

2-22     district continued by a referendum held under Section 8.01(c) of

2-23     this Act.  A district continued under Section 8.01(c) of this Act

2-24     is dissolved on the date all liabilities of the district and all

2-25     liabilities associated with the district are retired.

2-26           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.

2-27           SECTION 4.  The importance of this legislation and the

 3-1     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an

 3-2     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the

 3-3     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several

 3-4     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.