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  89R4924 MCF-D     By: Cortez H.B. No. 2345       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the authority of a municipality to remove territory   from an emergency services district.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 775.022, Health and Safety Code, is   amended by adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:           (h)     The authority of a municipality to remove territory from   a district and be the sole provider of emergency services to the   territory under this section expires September 1, 2025.          SECTION 2.  Section 8437.002(d), Special District Local Laws   Code, is amended to read as follows:          (d)   Notwithstanding Section 775.022(h), Health and Safety   Code, Sections 775.022(b), (c), (d), (e), (e-1), and (f), Health   and Safety Code, apply to a disannexation under this section, as if   the disannexation occurred under the provisions of Section   775.022(a), Health and Safety Code.          SECTION 3.  Section 9036.002(d), Special District Local Laws   Code, is amended to read as follows:          (d)   Notwithstanding Section 775.022(h), Health and Safety   Code,  Sections 775.022(b), (c), (d), (e), (e-1), and (f), Health   and Safety Code, apply to a disannexation under this section, as if   the disannexation occurred under the provisions of Section   775.022(a), Health and Safety Code.          SECTION 4.  Section 9042.002(d), Special District Local Laws   Code, is amended to read as follows:          (d)   Notwithstanding Section 775.022(h), Health and Safety   Code,  Sections 775.022(b), (c), (d), (e), (e-1), and (f), Health   and Safety Code, apply to a disannexation under this section, as if   the disannexation occurred under the provisions of Section   775.022(a), Health and Safety Code.          SECTION 5.  Section 49.353(d), Water Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (d)   Notwithstanding Section 775.022(h), Health and Safety   Code, if  [ If ] a district enters into a strategic partnership   agreement with a municipality that includes the provision of   fire-fighting services under this section, the territory of the   district annexed by the municipality for limited purposes and to be   served by the municipality under the agreement shall be disannexed   from the emergency services district in the manner provided by   Section 775.022, Health and Safety Code, for territory that is   annexed by a municipality for full purposes.          SECTION 6.  Section 775.0235, Health and Safety Code, is   repealed.          SECTION 7.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.