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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to removal of territory from an emergency services |
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district by a municipality. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 776.052(a), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) If territory in a municipality's limits [or
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extraterritorial jurisdiction] is included in a district, the |
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municipality's governing body may remove that territory from the |
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district if: |
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(1) the municipality agrees to provide emergency |
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protection to the territory as prescribed by Section 776.014; or |
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(2) the territory is designated an industrial district |
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under Section 42.044, Local Government Code. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a removal of territory that occurs on or after the effective date |
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of this Act. A removal of territory that occurs before the |
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effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the |
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date the territory is removed, and that law is continued in effect |
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for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |