Bill Text: TX HB2153 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the abolition of wind erosion conservation districts.
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB2153 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2153-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 2153 | ||
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| relating to the abolition of wind erosion conservation districts. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 202, Agriculture Code, is repealed. | ||
| SECTION 2. (a) The county judge of each county in this state | ||
| in which a wind erosion conservation district is located or the | ||
| judge's designee shall proceed with the dissolution of the district | ||
| as soon as possible. | ||
| (b) The county judge or the judge's designee shall conduct | ||
| an inventory of the assets of the wind erosion conservation | ||
| district and determine the debt owed by the district. | ||
| (c) The county judge or the judge's designee shall control | ||
| and administer the property, funds, and other assets and the debts | ||
| of the wind erosion conservation district until all assets have | ||
| been disposed of and all debts, including outstanding bonds, of the | ||
| district have been paid or settled. | ||
| (d) After the county judge or the judge's designee has paid | ||
| all debts and has disposed of all assets of the wind erosion | ||
| conservation district as prescribed by this section, the county | ||
| judge or the judge's designee shall: | ||
| (1) transfer to the county in which the district is | ||
| located all net proceeds of the disposal of the assets; and | ||
| (2) file a written report with the commissioners court | ||
| of the county setting forth a summary of the county judge's or the | ||
| judge's designee's actions in dissolving the district. | ||
| (e) Not later than the 10th day after the date the | ||
| commissioners court receives the report under Subsection (d)(2) of | ||
| this section and determines that the requirements of this section | ||
| have been fulfilled, the commissioners court shall enter an order | ||
| dissolving the district. | ||
| 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, 2013. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 2153 was passed by the House on May 8, | ||
| 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 2153 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
