HB1226 - Relating to the dissolution by petition of a municipal management district; making conforming changes related to ship channel security districts.

  89R25838 JTZ-D     By: Gates H.B. No. 1226     Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1226:     By:  Bell of Montgomery C.S.H.B. No. 1226       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the dissolution by petition of a municipal management   district; making conforming changes related to ship channel   security districts.          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. (a)   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)  if the district levies an ad valorem or sales tax,   at least two-thirds of the assessed value of the property subject to   ad valorem  [ assessment or ] taxation by the district based on the   most recent certified county property tax rolls ; or                 (2)     if the district levies an assessment and does not   levy an ad valorem or sales tax, at least a majority of the assessed   value of the property subject to assessment by the district based on   the most recent certified county property tax rolls .           (b)     In all areas of conflict the provisions of this section   take precedence over a special law governing a district.          SECTION 2.  Section 68.352(b), Water Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (b)  A district may be dissolved as provided by Section   375.262, Local Government Code , except that the written petition   must be filed by the owners of at least two-thirds of the assessed   value of the property subject to assessment or taxation by the   district based on the most recent certified county property tax   rolls .          SECTION 3.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to   a petition described by Section 375.262, Local Government Code,   filed on or after the effective date of this Act. A petition filed   before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in   effect on the date the petition was filed, and the former law is   continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.