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By: Callegari (Senate Sponsor - Garcia) |
H.B. No. 2153 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House May 9, 2013; |
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May 10, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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Agriculture, Rural Affairs, and Homeland Security; May 17, 2013, |
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reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 3, Nays 0; |
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May 17, 2013, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the abolition of wind erosion conservation districts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 202, Agriculture Code, is repealed. |
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SECTION 2. (a) The county judge of each county in this state |
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in which a wind erosion conservation district is located or the |
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judge's designee shall proceed with the dissolution of the district |
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as soon as possible. |
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(b) The county judge or the judge's designee shall conduct |
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an inventory of the assets of the wind erosion conservation |
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district and determine the debt owed by the district. |
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(c) The county judge or the judge's designee shall control |
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and administer the property, funds, and other assets and the debts |
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of the wind erosion conservation district until all assets have |
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been disposed of and all debts, including outstanding bonds, of the |
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district have been paid or settled. |
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(d) After the county judge or the judge's designee has paid |
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all debts and has disposed of all assets of the wind erosion |
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conservation district as prescribed by this section, the county |
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judge or the judge's designee shall: |
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(1) transfer to the county in which the district is |
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located all net proceeds of the disposal of the assets; and |
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(2) file a written report with the commissioners court |
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of the county setting forth a summary of the county judge's or the |
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judge's designee's actions in dissolving the district. |
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(e) Not later than the 10th day after the date the |
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commissioners court receives the report under Subsection (d)(2) of |
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this section and determines that the requirements of this section |
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have been fulfilled, the commissioners court shall enter an order |
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dissolving the district. |
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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, 2013. |
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