Tex. Health & Safety Code § 772.3051 · Subchapter D. EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION DISTRICTS: COUNTIES WITH POPULATION OVER 20,000
REMOVAL OF CERTAIN MUNICIPAL TERRITORY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A municipality that is a participating jurisdiction may request that the municipality be removed from the district if the municipality operated a consolidated public safety answering point with at least three emergency communication districts described by Section 771.001(3)(A) for at least a three-year period before September 1, 2019.
(b) The board of a district that receives a request under Subsection (a) shall approve the request and, not later than the 91st day before the date the removal will take effect, notify each service supplier providing service in the district of the scheduled removal. The removal must take effect on a date that:
(1) allows the board to comply with the notice requirements of this section; and
(2) is not later than the 180th day after the date the board receives the request.
(c) Removal of a municipality under this section does not diminish or impair the rights of the holders of any outstanding and unpaid bonds, warrants, or other obligations of the district.
(d) If a municipality is removed under this section, the municipality shall compensate the district in an amount equal to the municipality's pro rata share of the district's indebtedness at the time the municipality is removed. The district shall apply compensation received from a municipality under this subsection exclusively to the payment of the municipality's pro rata share of the district's indebtedness.
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History
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 819 (H.B. 2461), Sec. 1, eff. June 10, 2019.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.772.htm
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