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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of a municipality to remove territory |
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from an emergency services district. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 775.022, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (h) to read as follows: |
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(h) The authority of a municipality to remove territory from |
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a district and be the sole provider of emergency services to the |
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territory under this section expires September 1, 2025. |
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SECTION 2. Section 8437.002(d), Special District Local Laws |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(d) Notwithstanding Section 775.022(h), Health and Safety |
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Code, Sections 775.022(b), (c), (d), (e), (e-1), and (f), Health |
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and Safety Code, apply to a disannexation under this section, as if |
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the disannexation occurred under the provisions of Section |
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775.022(a), Health and Safety Code. |
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SECTION 3. Section 9036.002(d), Special District Local Laws |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(d) Notwithstanding Section 775.022(h), Health and Safety |
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Code, Sections 775.022(b), (c), (d), (e), (e-1), and (f), Health |
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and Safety Code, apply to a disannexation under this section, as if |
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the disannexation occurred under the provisions of Section |
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775.022(a), Health and Safety Code. |
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SECTION 4. Section 9042.002(d), Special District Local Laws |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(d) Notwithstanding Section 775.022(h), Health and Safety |
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Code, Sections 775.022(b), (c), (d), (e), (e-1), and (f), Health |
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and Safety Code, apply to a disannexation under this section, as if |
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the disannexation occurred under the provisions of Section |
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775.022(a), Health and Safety Code. |
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SECTION 5. Section 49.353(d), Water Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(d) Notwithstanding Section 775.022(h), Health and Safety |
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Code, if [If] a district enters into a strategic partnership |
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agreement with a municipality that includes the provision of |
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fire-fighting services under this section, the territory of the |
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district annexed by the municipality for limited purposes and to be |
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served by the municipality under the agreement shall be disannexed |
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from the emergency services district in the manner provided by |
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Section 775.022, Health and Safety Code, for territory that is |
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annexed by a municipality for full purposes. |
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SECTION 6. Section 775.0235, Health and Safety Code, is |
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repealed. |
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SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |