TITLE: Relating to oversight of emergency services districts.

SUMMARY: Relating to oversight of emergency services districts.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to oversight of emergency services districts. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. OVERSIGHT. (a) The appropriate state agency shall adopt rules regarding the oversight of emergency services districts. The rules must allow the investigation of the district's operations and spending, including spending on outside contracts by the district, and allow for the imposition of penalties for improper operations or spending. (b) The commissioners court of a county shall adopt procedures regarding the oversight of emergency services districts wholly or partly located in the county. The procedures must allow the investigation of the district's operations and spending, including spending on outside contracts by the district, and allow for the imposition of penalties for improper operations or spending. SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.