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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to consent for the inclusion of a municipality's |
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extraterritorial jurisdiction in an emergency services district. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 775.014(b), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) If the municipality's governing body does not consent to |
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inclusion within the 60-day period prescribed by Subsection (a), |
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five percent [a majority] of the qualified voters and the owners of |
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at least five [50] percent of the territory in the municipality's |
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limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction that would have been |
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included in the district may petition the governing body to make |
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fire control and emergency medical and ambulance services |
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available. The petition must be submitted to the governing body not |
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later than the 90th day after the date on which the municipality |
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receives the request under Subsection (a). |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |