By: Perez H.B. No. 4075
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the time for dissolution of a fire control, prevention,
  and emergency medical services district.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 344.260, Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         344.260. RESULTS OF REFERENDUM. (a)  If less than a majority
  of the votes cast in a continuation referendum election are for the
  continuation of a district or if a majority of the votes cast in a
  dissolution referendum are for dissolution of the district:
               (1)  the board shall certify that fact to the secretary
  of state not later than the 10th day after the date of the canvass of
  the returns; and
               (2)  the district is dissolved and ceases to operate in
  accordance with section 344.301.
         SECTION 2.  Section 344.301, Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         344.301. TIME FOR DISSOLUTION OF DISTRICT.  
  (a) A district is
  dissolved five years after the date the municipality began to
  impose taxes for district purposes if the district has not held a
  continuation or dissolution referendum.
         (b)The district is dissolved on the fifth expiration of the
  period for which the district was authorized to impose taxes for
  district purposes pursuant to the last successful creation or
  continuation election anniversary of the date of the most recent
  continuation or dissolution referendum.
         (c)  Subsection (b) does not apply to a district that is
  continued under Section 344.251(g), and that district is dissolved
  on the expiration of the period for which it was continued.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2019.