83R17002 AED-D

By: Callegari H.B. No. 2153

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the abolition of wind erosion conservation districts.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Chapter 202, Agriculture Code, is repealed.

SECTION 2. (a) The county judge of each county in this state in which a wind erosion conservation district is located or the judge's designee shall proceed with the dissolution of the district as soon as possible.

(b) The county judge or the judge's designee shall conduct an inventory of the assets of the wind erosion conservation district and determine the debt owed by the district.

(c) The county judge or the judge's designee shall control and administer the property, funds, and other assets and the debts of the wind erosion conservation district until all assets have been disposed of and all debts, including outstanding bonds, of the district have been paid or settled.

(d) After the county judge or the judge's designee has paid all debts and has disposed of all assets of the wind erosion conservation district as prescribed by this section, the county judge or the judge's designee shall:

(1) transfer to the county in which the district is located all net proceeds of the disposal of the assets; and

(2) file a written report with the commissioners court of the county setting forth a summary of the county judge's or the judge's designee's actions in dissolving the district.

(e) Not later than the 10th day after the date the commissioners court receives the report under Subsection (d)(2) of this section and determines that the requirements of this section have been fulfilled, the commissioners court shall enter an order dissolving the district.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2013.