TITLE: Relating to the authority of a municipality to remove territory from an emergency services district.

SUMMARY: Relating to the authority of a municipality to remove territory from an emergency services district.

FULL TEXT:
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.