{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-772.452","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 772.452","heading":"CONSOLIDATION PLANNING.","body":"(a) If a majority of the voters voting at the election approve the consolidation, the board of managers of the district shall conduct a planning meeting with the boards of managers of the other districts whose voters have approved the consolidation.\n(b) The meeting must be a public meeting. At the meeting, the boards of managers shall devise a consolidation plan to:\n(1) combine the debts and assets of the districts;\n(2) pay outstanding bonds of the districts and issue refunding bonds as necessary to pay the bonds;\n(3) impose a uniform 9-1-1 emergency service fee; and\n(4) adjust the membership and qualifications of the board of managers of the consolidated district.\n(c) If a consolidated district is not created under Section 772.453 before the first anniversary of the date of the election held under Section 772.451, a consolidated district may not be created until:\n(1) the districts make another finding that the consolidation would benefit the participating jurisdictions; and\n(2) the consolidation is approved at another election held under Section 772.451.\nAdded by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1406, Sec. 3, eff. Aug. 30, 1999.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 9. SAFETY","SUBTITLE B. EMERGENCIES","CHAPTER 772. LOCAL ADMINISTRATION OF EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS","SUBCHAPTER F. CONSOLIDATED DISTRICTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.772.htm#772.452","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"84fafde0af38e9b6eeb98b09badb2953873d576b2ef1df845c084bf679f871cb","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-772.451","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-772.453"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}