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HB4373 • 2025

Relating to the authority of a special district to exercise certain powers and duties following municipal disannexation of certain areas.

Relating to the authority of a special district to exercise certain powers and duties following municipal disannexation of certain areas.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Dean
Last action
2025-05-10
Official status
05/10/2025 H Laid on the table subject to call
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Relating to the authority of a special district to exercise certain powers and duties following municipal disannexation of certain areas.

Relating to the authority of a special district to exercise certain powers and duties following municipal disannexation of certain areas.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to the authority of a special district to exercise certain powers and duties following municipal disannexation of certain areas.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Companion considered in lieu of. SB 2419

  2. 2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Laid on the table subject to call

  3. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  4. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  5. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to engrossment

  6. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#1698

  7. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  8. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote reconsidered

  9. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Postponed. 5/10/25 09:00 AM

  10. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  11. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  12. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  13. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  14. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  15. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  16. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  17. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

  18. 2025-04-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  19. 2025-04-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Land & Resource Management

  20. 2025-03-11 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to the authority of a special district to exercise certain powers and duties following municipal disannexation of certain areas.

Current Bill Text

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89(R) HB 4373 - House Committee Report version - Bill Text

89R10534 JBD-F

By: Dean

H.B. No. 4373

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the authority of a special district to exercise certain

powers and duties following municipal disannexation of certain

areas.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 43.1463, Local Government Code, is

amended by adding Subsection (f-1) to read as follows:

(f-1)

A limited district that was created by the conversion

of a special district under a strategic partnership agreement and

is located in and serving an area that is disannexed under this

section may exercise all powers and duties granted to the former

special district by law in the portion of the disannexed area

located in the district, notwithstanding the strategic partnership

agreement or other agreement executed by the district and the

disannexing municipality before the disannexation.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives

a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as

provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this

Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this

Act takes effect September 1, 2025.