By:  Madla                                                        S.B. No. 1435
	(In the Senate - Filed March 10, 2005; March 21, 2005, read 
first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental 
Relations; April 7, 2005, reported favorably by the following 
vote:  Yeas 4, Nays 0; April 7, 2005, sent to printer.)


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to the numbering of emergency services districts converted 
from rural fire prevention districts.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subsection (b), Section 775.026, Health and 
Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(b)  The name of a district converted under this section is 
changed to "___ Emergency Services District No. ___," with the name 
of the county or counties in which the district is located and an 
appropriate [the proper consecutive] number inserted to 
distinguish one district from another district.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.                           



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