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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the division of certain emergency services districts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 775.221, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 775.221. AUTHORITY TO DIVIDE DISTRICT. (a) This |
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subchapter applies only to a district located wholly in: |
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(1) a county with a population of 20,000 or less; or |
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(2) a county with a population of more than 30,000 but |
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less than 41,000 that is adjacent to a county with a population of |
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more than 200,000 but less than 220,000. |
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(b) The board of a district described by Subsection (a) |
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[located wholly in one county with a population of 20,000 or less] |
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may create a new district by disannexing territory from the |
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existing district and ordering a new district to be created in the |
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disannexed territory in the manner provided by this subchapter. |
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SECTION 2. Section 775.223(c), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(c) The [If the board finds that the petition contains the
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number of signatures required under Section 775.222(a), the] board |
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shall approve the petition not later than the 10th day after the |
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date of the hearing if the board finds that: |
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(1) the petition contains the number of signatures |
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required under Section 775.222(a); and |
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(2) the proposed division is feasible. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act to Section |
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775.223(c), Health and Safety Code, applies only to the division of |
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an emergency services district the petition for which is submitted |
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on or after the effective date of this Act. The division of an |
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emergency services district the petition for which is submitted |
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before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in |
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effect on the date the petition is submitted, and the former law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |