Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 8489.253 · Subchapter F. DIVISION OF EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT THAT OVERLAPS WITH THE DISTRICT
PETITION FOR DIVISION; NOTICE OF HEARING.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Before an emergency services district may be divided under this subchapter, the county judge must receive a petition for division signed by at least 60 percent of the qualified voters of the improvement district.
(b) A petition for division must include:
(1) the name of the new emergency services district to be created; and
(2) a description of the proposed territory of the new emergency services district.
(c) The petition may include an agreement with a neighboring municipality to allow the municipality to provide fire and emergency medical services through the new emergency services district.
(d) Not later than the 30th day after the date the county judge receives a petition under this section, the commissioners court of the county shall set a place, date, and time for a hearing to consider the petition. The commissioners court shall issue a notice of the hearing that includes:
(1) the name of the proposed emergency services district;
(2) a description of the proposed emergency services district's boundaries; and
(3) the place, date, and time of the hearing on the petition.
(e) A commissioners court of a county that issues notice of a hearing under Subsection (d) shall publish the notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the improvement district once a week for two consecutive weeks. The first publication must occur not later than the 21st day before the date on which the hearing will be held.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 976 (S.B. 2370), Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 2023.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/SD/htm/SD.8489.htm
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Cited by 3 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 8489.253. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Special District Local Laws Code
- Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 8489.254HEARING ON DIVISION OF EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT.Printed as Section 8489.253 | Section 8489.253(c)
- Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 8489.255ELECTION TO CONFIRM DIVISION.Printed as Section 8489.253
- Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 8489.259TAXATION FOR OUTSTANDING BONDED DEBT.Printed as Section 8489.253
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