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By: Miller, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Miles) |
H.B. No. 956 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2019; |
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May 7, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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Intergovernmental Relations; May 17, 2019, reported favorably by |
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the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 17, 2019, 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 dissolution of county assistance districts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 387, Local Government Code, is amended |
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by adding Section 387.013 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 387.013. DISSOLUTION. (a) The governing body of a |
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district may petition the commissioners court of the county in |
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which the district was created to dissolve the district if a |
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majority of the governing body finds the performance of the |
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district's functions cannot be accomplished to the benefit of the |
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residents and owners of land in the district. |
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(b) The commissioners court of a county shall hold a hearing |
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on the dissolution of a district if: |
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(1) the commissioners court receives a petition under |
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Subsection (a); or |
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(2) in a district in which the commissioners court |
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acts as the governing body of the district, a majority of the |
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commissioners court finds that the performance of the district's |
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functions cannot be accomplished to the benefit of the residents |
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and owners of land in the district. |
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(c) A hearing under Subsection (b) must be held not later |
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than the 61st day after the commissioners court receives the |
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petition under Subsection (b)(1) or makes the finding described by |
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Subsection (b)(2). |
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(d) The commissioners court shall give notice of the hearing |
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as required by law and include in the notice information regarding |
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the right of the residents and owners of land in the district to |
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appear and present evidence for or against the district's |
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dissolution. |
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(e) The commissioners court shall order the district |
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dissolved and the district's assets transferred to the county if: |
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(1) the commissioners court unanimously votes that |
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dissolution of the district is in the best interests of the |
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district, the county in which the district is located, and the |
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residents and owners of land in the district; and |
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(2) the district has no outstanding bonds payable |
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wholly or partly from district revenue and the dissolution does not |
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impair any outstanding district debt or contractual obligation. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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