HB 2345
AN ACT relating to the authority of a municipality to remove territory
89th Regular Session
Jan 14, 2025 - Jun 2, 2025 • Session ended
Awaiting Committee Assignment
Bill filed, pending referral to House committee
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Fiscal Note
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What This Bill Does
Modifies the authority of municipalities to remove territory from emergency services districts, setting an expiration date of September 1, 2025, for such removals. It affects municipalities and emergency services districts by clarifying the process and conditions under which territories can be disannexed from emergency services districts. The legislation ensures that specific legal provisions continue to apply to territory removals, maintaining consistent guidelines for municipal and district interactions related to emergency services.
Subject Areas
Bill Text
relating to the authority of a municipality to remove territory from an emergency services district. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 775.022, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Subsection (h) to read as follows: (h) The authority of a municipality to remove territory from a district and be the sole provider of emergency services to the territory under this section expires September 1, 2025. SECTION 2. Section 8437.002(d), Special District Local Laws Code, is amended to read as follows: (d) Notwithstanding Section 775.022(h), Health and Safety Code, Sections 775.022(b), (c), (d), (e), (e-1), and (f), Health and Safety Code, apply to a disannexation under this section, as if the disannexation occurred under the provisions of Section 775.022(a), Health and Safety Code. SECTION 3. Section 9036.002(d), Special District Local Laws Code, is amended to read as follows: (d) Notwithstanding Section 775.022(h), Health and Safety Code, Sections 775.022(b), (c), (d), (e), (e-1), and (f), Health and Safety Code, apply to a disannexation under this section, as if the disannexation occurred under the provisions of Section 775.022(a), Health and Safety Code. SECTION 4. Section 9042.002(d), Special District Local Laws Code, is amended to read as follows: (d) Notwithstanding Section 775.022(h), Health and Safety Code, Sections 775.022(b), (c), (d), (e), (e-1), and (f), Health and Safety Code, apply to a disannexation under this section, as if the disannexation occurred under the provisions of Section 775.022(a), Health and Safety Code. SECTION 5. Section 49.353(d), Water Code, is amended to (d) Notwithstanding Section 775.022(h), Health and Safety Code, if [If] a district enters into a strategic partnership agreement with a municipality that includes the provision of fire-fighting services under this section, the territory of the district annexed by the municipality for limited purposes and to be served by the municipality under the agreement shall be disannexed from the emergency services district in the manner provided by Section 775.022, Health and Safety Code, for territory that is annexed by a municipality for full purposes. SECTION 6. Section 775.0235, Health and Safety Code, is SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
Bill History
Bill filed: AN ACT relating to the authority of a municipality to remove territory
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