By: Campbell S.B. No. 2370

(In the Senate - Filed March 10, 2023; March 23, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government; May 3, 2023, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 3, 2023, sent to printer.)

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 2370 By: Springer

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the division of certain emergency services districts.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 775.221(a), Health and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a) This subchapter applies only to a district located wholly in:

(1) a county with a population of 20,000 or less; [or]

(2) a county with a population of more than 30,000 but less than 41,000 that is adjacent to a county with a population of more than 200,000 but less than 220,000; or

(3) a county with a population of more than 150,000 and less than 164,000.

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, 2023.

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