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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the inclusion of territory of a municipality in a |
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proposed county assistance district. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 387.003(b-1), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b-1) If the proposed district includes any territory of a |
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municipality, the commissioners court shall send notice by |
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certified mail to the governing body of the municipality of the |
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commissioners court's intent to create the district. If the |
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municipality has created a development corporation under Chapter |
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504 or 505, the commissioners court shall also send the notice to |
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the board of directors of the corporation. The commissioners court |
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must send the notice not later than the 60th day before the date the |
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commissioners court orders the election. [The governing body of
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the municipality may exclude the territory of the municipality from
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the proposed district by sending notice by certified mail to the
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commissioners court of the governing body's desire to exclude the
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municipal territory from the district. The governing body must
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send the notice not later than the 45th day after the date the
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governing body receives notice from the commissioners court under
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this subsection. The territory of a municipality that is excluded
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under this subsection may subsequently be included in:
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[(1) the district in an election held under Subsection
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(f) with the consent of the municipality; or
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[(2) another district after complying with the
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requirements of this subsection and after an election under
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Subsection (f).] |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to |
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notice sent to a municipality by a commissioners court under |
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Section 387.003(b-1), Local Government Code, as amended by this |
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Act, on or after the effective date of this Act. Notice sent before |
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the effective date of this Act is governed by the law as it existed |
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on the date the notice was sent, and that law is continued in effect |
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for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |