Bill Text: TX SB359 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the powers and duties of certain emergency services districts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-16 - Left pending in committee [SB359 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB359-Introduced.html
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By: Wentworth | S.B. No. 359 |
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relating to the powers and duties of certain emergency services | ||
districts. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 775.0205(a), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) If the territory in a district created under this | ||
chapter overlaps with the boundaries of another district created | ||
under this chapter [ |
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most recently created district may not provide services in the | ||
overlapping territory that duplicate the services provided by the | ||
other district at the time the overlapping district was created. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 775.056(a), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) After a hearing, a district may make mutually agreeable | ||
changes in boundaries with another district, [ |
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for such a district does not exceed the maximum tax rate previously | ||
authorized for any territory added to that district. The districts | ||
shall agree on an effective date for the changes in boundaries. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 344.051(c), Local Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(c) Except as provided by Subsection (f), a district may be | ||
created inside the boundaries of an emergency services district | ||
operating under Chapter 775 [ |
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if the governing body of the emergency services district gives its | ||
written consent by order or resolution not later than the 60th day | ||
after the date the governing body receives a request for its | ||
consent. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 323.101(f), Tax Code, is amended to read | ||
as follows: | ||
(f) The provisions of this chapter govern the application, | ||
collection, and administration of a sales and use tax imposed under | ||
Chapter 285 or [ |
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extent not inconsistent with the provisions of those chapters. | ||
Provided, however, that Subsection (b) shall not apply to a tax | ||
authorized under those chapters. | ||
SECTION 5. Chapter 776, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
repealed. | ||
SECTION 6. (a) On the effective date of this Act, a district | ||
created under Chapter 776, Health and Safety Code, is converted | ||
into a district operated under Chapter 775, Health and Safety Code. | ||
A district converted under this section continues in existence and | ||
is subject to Chapter 775, Health and Safety Code. | ||
(b) On and after the effective date of this Act, each person | ||
serving as an emergency commissioner of a district created under | ||
Chapter 776, Health and Safety Code, is an emergency services | ||
commissioner and shall serve on the board of the district as an | ||
emergency services commissioner for the remainder of the unexpired | ||
term to which the person was elected. | ||
SECTION 7. 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, 2011. |