Bill Text: TX SB2430 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the dissolution of a municipal management district by landowner petition.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-21 - Referred to Intergovernmental Relations [SB2430 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-SB2430-Introduced.html

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86R17811 TYPED
By: Bettencourt S.B. No. 2430

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the dissolution of a municipal management district by
landowner petition.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 375.262, Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 375.262. DISSOLUTION BY PETITION BY OWNERS. Except as
limited by Section 375.264, the board shall dissolve the district
on written petition filed with the board by the owners of:
(1) 50 [75] percent or more of the assessed value of
the property in the district based on the most recent certified
county property tax rolls; or
(2) 50 [75] percent or more of the surface area of the
district, excluding roads, streets, highways, utility
rights-of-way, other public areas, and other property exempt from
assessment under Sections 375.161, 375.163, and 375.164, according
to the most recent certified county property tax rolls.
SECTION 2. Section 68.352(b), Water Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) The board shall dissolve the district on written
petition filed with the board by the owners of:
(1) 75 percent or more of the assessed value of the
property in the district based on the most recent certified county
property tax rolls; or
(2) 75 percent or more of the surface area of the
district, excluding roads, streets, highways, utility
rights-of-way, other public areas, and other property exempt from
assessment under this chapter, according to the most recent
certified county property tax rolls [A district may be dissolved as
provided by Section 375.262, Local Government Code].
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.