Bill Text: TX HB956 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the dissolution of county assistance districts.
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB956 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB956-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 956 | ||
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| relating to the dissolution of county assistance districts. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 387, Local Government Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Section 387.013 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 387.013. DISSOLUTION. (a) The governing body of a | ||
| district may petition the commissioners court of the county in | ||
| which the district was created to dissolve the district if a | ||
| majority of the governing body finds the performance of the | ||
| district's functions cannot be accomplished to the benefit of the | ||
| residents and owners of land in the district. | ||
| (b) The commissioners court of a county shall hold a hearing | ||
| on the dissolution of a district if: | ||
| (1) the commissioners court receives a petition under | ||
| Subsection (a); or | ||
| (2) in a district in which the commissioners court | ||
| acts as the governing body of the district, a majority of the | ||
| commissioners court finds that the performance of the district's | ||
| functions cannot be accomplished to the benefit of the residents | ||
| and owners of land in the district. | ||
| (c) A hearing under Subsection (b) must be held not later | ||
| than the 61st day after the commissioners court receives the | ||
| petition under Subsection (b)(1) or makes the finding described by | ||
| Subsection (b)(2). | ||
| (d) The commissioners court shall give notice of the hearing | ||
| as required by law and include in the notice information regarding | ||
| the right of the residents and owners of land in the district to | ||
| appear and present evidence for or against the district's | ||
| dissolution. | ||
| (e) The commissioners court shall order the district | ||
| dissolved and the district's assets transferred to the county if: | ||
| (1) the commissioners court unanimously votes that | ||
| dissolution of the district is in the best interests of the | ||
| district, the county in which the district is located, and the | ||
| residents and owners of land in the district; and | ||
| (2) the district has no outstanding bonds payable | ||
| wholly or partly from district revenue and the dissolution does not | ||
| impair any outstanding district debt or contractual obligation. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 956 was passed by the House on May 3, | ||
| 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 956 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
