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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a contract between a water district and a municipality |
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for the provision of fire-fighting services in certain counties. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter L, Chapter 49, Water Code, is amended |
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by adding Section 49.353 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 49.353. MUNICIPAL CONTRACT FOR FIRE-FIGHTING SERVICES |
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IN CERTAIN COUNTIES. (a) This section applies only to a district: |
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(1) located wholly or partly in a county with a |
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population of more than 3.3 million; and |
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(2) in whose territory an emergency services district |
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that provides fire-fighting services to all or part of the district |
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is wholly or partly located. |
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(b) Notwithstanding Section 43.0751(f)(2)(B)(iii), Local |
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Government Code, as part of a strategic partnership agreement under |
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Section 43.0751, Local Government Code, a district may contract |
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with a municipality whose fire department, on the date the |
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agreement is entered into, has an Insurance Services Office (ISO) |
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Class 1 Public Protection Classification Rating or comparable |
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rating recognized by the state fire marshal for the provision of |
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fire-fighting services to all or part of the district's territory, |
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without the authorization of the emergency services district that |
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provides fire-fighting services to the district immediately before |
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the date on which the agreement takes effect. |
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(c) If a district enters into a strategic partnership |
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agreement with a municipality that includes the provision of |
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fire-fighting services under this section, the territory of the |
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district to be served by the municipality under the agreement is |
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disannexed from the emergency services district in the manner |
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provided by Section 775.022, Health and Safety Code. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a strategic partnership agreement for the provision of |
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fire-fighting services between a water district and a municipality |
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that is entered into on or after the effective date of this Act. A |
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strategic partnership agreement entered into before the effective |
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date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the agreement |
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was entered into, and the former law continues in effect for that |
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purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |