88R2997 JTZ-D
 
  By: Gates H.B. No. 183
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the dissolution by petition of a municipal management
  district; making conforming changes related to ship channel
  security districts.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 375.262, Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 375.262.  DISSOLUTION BY PETITION BY OWNERS. (a)
  Except as limited by Section 375.264, the board shall dissolve the
  district on written petition filed with the board by the owners of
  the majority [at least two-thirds] of the assessed value of the
  property subject to assessment or taxation by the district based on
  the most recent certified county property tax rolls.
         (b)  In all areas of conflict the provisions of this section
  take precedence over a special law governing a district.
         SECTION 2.  Section 68.352(b), Water Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (b)  A district may be dissolved as provided by Section
  375.262, Local Government Code, except that the written petition
  must be filed by the owners of at least two-thirds of the assessed
  value of the property subject to assessment or taxation by the
  district based on the most recent certified county property tax
  rolls.
         SECTION 3.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
  a petition described by Section 375.262, Local Government Code,
  filed on or after the effective date of this Act. A petition filed
  before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in
  effect on the date the petition was filed, and the former law is
  continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.