Sec. 5. (a) This section does not apply to any part of a district: (1) that is not receiving services from the district; or (2) in which services of the district are not available; at the time of the occurrence of any event described in subsection (b)(1) or (b)(2). (b) The services in those parts of a district in which they are provided or made available by the district shall not be curtailed or limited by: (1) the inclusion of all or any part of the district's territory, by annexation or otherwise, within the boundaries of: (A) any municipality; or (B) the service territory of another entity that provides or seeks to provide the same services provided by the district; or (2) the granting of any private franchise to provide the same services within all or any part of the district's territory; during the term of any loan under which the district is obligated, regardless of whether the loan is made by a federal agency or by any other public or private lender. (c) The occurrence of any event described in subsection (b)(1) or (b)(2) does not require
a district to secure any franchise, license, or permit as a condition to continuing to provide service to any part of the district's territory served by the district at the time of the occurrence of the event. As added by P.L.27-2022, SEC.1.