Bill Text: TX SB235 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to propose a fire control, prevention, and emergency medical services district.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-06-10 - Effective immediately [SB235 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-SB235-Enrolled.html

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S.B. No. 235

AN ACT
relating to the authority of certain municipalities to propose a
fire control, prevention, and emergency medical services district.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 344.051, Local Government Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (a-3) to read as follows:
(a-3) The governing body of a municipality may propose the
creation of a fire control, prevention, and emergency medical
services district under this chapter if the municipality:
(1) has a population of 19,000 or more and less than
60,000; and
(2) contains a branch campus of North Central Texas
College.
SECTION 2. 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, 2019.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 235 passed the Senate on
April 4, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that
the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 21, 2019, by the
following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 235 passed the House, with
amendment, on April 16, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 148,
Nays 0, one present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor