By: Nelson  S.B. No. 235
         (In the Senate - Filed December 13, 2018; February 7, 2019,
  read first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental
  Relations; March 6, 2019, reported favorably by the following
  vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 0; March 6, 2019, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the authority of certain municipalities to propose a
  fire control, prevention, and emergency medical services district.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 344.051, Local Government Code, is
  amended by adding Subsection (a-3) to read as follows:
         (a-3)  The governing body of a municipality may propose the
  creation of a fire control, prevention, and emergency medical
  services district under this chapter if the municipality:
               (1)  has a population of 19,000 or more and less than
  60,000; and
               (2)  contains a campus of North Central Texas College.
         SECTION 2.  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.
 
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