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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the provision of emergency services in the Bella Vista |
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Municipal Utility District. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subtitle F, Title 6, Special District Local Laws |
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Code, is amended by adding Chapter 8437 to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 8437. BELLA VISTA MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT |
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Sec. 8437.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "district" |
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means the Bella Vista Municipal Utility District. |
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Sec. 8437.002. REMOVAL OF AREA FROM EMERGENCY SERVICES |
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DISTRICT. (a) This section applies only to: |
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(1) a municipality with a population of less than |
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100,000; and |
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(2) an emergency services district operating under |
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Chapter 775, Health and Safety Code, in which the district is wholly |
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or partly located. |
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(b) If the district enters into a strategic partnership |
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agreement with a municipality under Section 43.0751, Local |
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Government Code, that includes the provision of fire-fighting |
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services as defined by Section 49.351(k), Water Code, and the |
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district has completed all other procedures necessary for a |
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limited-purpose annexation by that municipality, an emergency |
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services district shall disannex the territory of the district to |
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be served by the municipality under the agreement in accordance |
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with Subsection (c). |
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(c) The territory remains part of the emergency services |
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district until the secretary of the emergency services district |
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board receives from the district notice that the requirements of |
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Subsection (b) have been met. On receipt of the notice, the board |
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shall immediately change its records to show that the district |
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territory has been disannexed from the emergency services district |
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and shall cease to provide further services to the residents of that |
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territory. |
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(d) Sections 775.022(b), (c), (d), (e), and (f), Health and |
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Safety Code, apply to a disannexation under this section, as if the |
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disannexation occurred under the provisions of Section 775.022(a), |
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Health and Safety Code. |
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SECTION 2. (a) The legal notice of the intention to |
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introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this |
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Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a |
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copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies, |
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officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished |
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under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313, |
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Government Code. |
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(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has |
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submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on |
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Environmental Quality. |
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(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed |
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its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the |
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lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of |
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representatives within the required time. |
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(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this |
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state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect |
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to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled |
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and accomplished. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |