bill ending city power to pull land from emergency districts

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89R4924 MCF-D

By: Cortez
H.B. No. 2345

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

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

read as follows:

(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

repealed.

SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.