Title HS, Health and Safety Code

Sec. 772.223. ADDITIONAL SECURITY FOR BONDS. (a) The bonds may be additionally secured by a deed of trust or mortgage lien on part or all of the physical properties of the district and rights appurtenant to those properties, vesting in the trustee power to sell the properties for…

Sec. 772.224. FORM OF BONDS. (a) A district may issue its bonds in various series or issues. (b) Bonds may mature serially or otherwise not more than 25 years after their date of issue and shall bear interest at any rate permitted by state law. (c) A district's bonds and interest…

Sec. 772.225. PROVISIONS OF BONDS. (a) In the orders or resolutions authorizing the issuance of bonds, including refunding bonds, the board may provide for the flow of funds and the establishment and maintenance of the interest and sinking fund, the reserve fund, and other funds …

Sec. 772.226. APPROVAL AND REGISTRATION OF BONDS. (a) Bonds issued by a district must be submitted to the attorney general for examination. (b) If the attorney general finds that the bonds have been authorized in accordance with law, the attorney general shall approve them. On ap…

Sec. 772.227. REFUNDING BONDS. (a) A district may issue bonds to refund all or any part of its outstanding bonds, including matured but unpaid interest coupons. (b) Refunding bonds shall mature serially or otherwise not more than 25 years after their date of issue and shall bear …

Sec. 772.228. BONDS AS INVESTMENTS AND SECURITY FOR DEPOSITS. (a) District bonds are legal and authorized investments for: (1) a bank; (2) a savings bank; (3) a trust company; (4) a savings and loan association; (5) an insurance company; (6) a fiduciary; (7) a trustee; (8) a guar…

Sec. 772.229. TAX STATUS OF BONDS. Because a district created under this subchapter is a public entity performing an essential public function, bonds issued by the district, any transaction relating to the bonds and profits made in the sale of the bonds are exempt from taxation b…

Sec. 772.301. SHORT TITLE. This subchapter may be cited as the Emergency Telephone Number Act. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.

Sec. 772.302. PURPOSE. It is the purpose of this subchapter to establish the number 9-1-1 as the primary emergency telephone number for use by certain local governments in this state and to encourage units of local government and combinations of those units to develop and improve…

Sec. 772.303. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Board" means the board of managers of a district. (2) "Director" means the director of communication for a district. (3) "District" means an emergency communication district created under this subchapter. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., c…

Sec. 772.304. APPLICATION OF SUBCHAPTER. (a) This subchapter applies only to a county with a population of more than 20,000 or to a group of two or more contiguous counties each with a population of 20,000 or more in which an emergency communication district was created under Cha…

Sec. 772.305. ADDITIONAL TERRITORY. (a) If a municipality that is part of a district annexes territory that is not part of the district, the annexed territory becomes part of the district. (b) A public agency located in whole or part in a county adjoining the district, by resolut…

Sec. 772.3051. REMOVAL OF CERTAIN MUNICIPAL TERRITORY. (a) A municipality that is a participating jurisdiction may request that the municipality be removed from the district if the municipality operated a consolidated public safety answering point with at least three emergency co…

Sec. 772.306. BOARD OF MANAGERS. (a) A district is governed by a board of managers. (b) If the most populous municipality in the district has a population of more than 140,000, the board consists of: (1) one member for each county in the district appointed by the commissioners co…

Sec. 772.307. POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD. (a) The board shall control and manage the district. (b) The board may adopt rules for the operation of the district. (c) The board may contract with any public or private entity to carry out the purposes of this subchapter, including the…

Sec. 772.308. DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT. (a) The board shall appoint a director of communication for the district and shall establish the director's compensation. The director must be qualified by training and experience for the position. (b) The board may remove the director at any t…

Sec. 772.309. BUDGET; ANNUAL REPORT; AUDIT. (a) The director shall prepare under the direction of the board an annual budget for the district. To be effective, the budget must: (1) be approved by the board; (2) be presented to and approved by the commissioners court of each count…

Sec. 772.310. ESTABLISHMENT OF 9-1-1 SERVICE. (a) A district shall provide 9-1-1 service to each participating jurisdiction through one or a combination of the following methods and features: (1) the transfer method; (2) the relay method; (3) the dispatch method; (4) automatic nu…

Sec. 772.311. PRIMARY EMERGENCY TELEPHONE NUMBER. The digits 9-1-1 are the primary emergency telephone number in a district. A public safety agency whose services are available through a 9-1-1 system may maintain a separate number or numbers for emergencies and shall maintain a s…

Sec. 772.312. TRANSMITTING REQUESTS FOR EMERGENCY AID. (a) A 9-1-1 system established under this subchapter must be capable of transmitting requests for fire-fighting, law enforcement, ambulance, and medical services to a public safety agency or agencies that provide the requeste…

Sec. 772.313. POWERS OF DISTRICT. (a) The district is a body corporate and politic, exercising public and essential governmental functions and having all the powers necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes and provisions of this subchapter, including the capacity to sue …

Sec. 772.314. 9-1-1 EMERGENCY SERVICE FEE. (a) The board may impose a 9-1-1 emergency service fee on service users in the district. (b) The fee may be imposed only on the base rate charge or its equivalent, excluding charges for coin-operated telephone equipment. The fee may not …

Sec. 772.315. COLLECTION OF FEE. (a) Each billed service user is liable for the fee imposed under Section 772.314 until the fee is paid to the service supplier. The fee must be added to and stated separately in the service user's bill from the service supplier. The service suppli…

Sec. 772.316. DISTRICT DEPOSITORY. (a) The board shall select a depository for the district in the manner provided by law for the selection of a county depository. (b) A depository selected by the board is the district's depository for two years after the date of its selection an…

Sec. 772.317. ALLOWABLE EXPENSES. Allowable operating expenses of a district include all costs attributable to designing a 9-1-1 system and to all equipment and personnel necessary to establish and operate a public safety answering point and other related answering points that th…

Sec. 772.318. NUMBER AND LOCATION IDENTIFICATION. (a) As part of computerized 9-1-1 service, a service supplier shall furnish current telephone numbers of subscribers and the addresses associated with the numbers on a call-by-call basis. (b) A business service user that provides …

Sec. 772.319. PUBLIC REVIEW. (a) Periodically, the board shall solicit public comments and hold a public review hearing on the continuation of the district and the 9-1-1 emergency service fee. The first hearing shall be held three years after the date the order certifying the cre…

Sec. 772.320. DISSOLUTION PROCEDURES. (a) If a district is dissolved, 9-1-1 service must be discontinued on the date of the dissolution. The commissioners court of the county in which the district was located or, if the district contains more than one county, the commissioners co…

Sec. 772.321. ISSUANCE OF BONDS. The board may issue and sell bonds in the name of the district to finance: (1) the acquisition by any method of facilities, equipment, or supplies necessary for the district to begin providing 9-1-1 service to all participating jurisdictions; and …

Sec. 772.322. REPAYMENT OF BONDS. The board may provide for the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds by pledging all or any part of the district's revenues from the 9-1-1 emergency service fee or from other sources. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sep…

Sec. 772.323. ADDITIONAL SECURITY FOR BONDS. (a) The bonds may be additionally secured by a deed of trust or mortgage lien on part or all of the physical properties of the district and the rights appurtenant to those properties, vesting in the trustee power to sell the properties…

Sec. 772.324. FORM OF BONDS. (a) A district may issue its bonds in various series or issues. (b) Bonds may mature serially or otherwise not more than 25 years after their date of issue and shall bear interest at any rate permitted by state law. (c) A district's bonds and interest…

Sec. 772.325. PROVISIONS OF BONDS. (a) In the orders or resolutions authorizing the issuance of bonds, including refunding bonds, the board may provide for the flow of funds and the establishment and maintenance of the interest and sinking fund, the reserve fund, and other funds …

Sec. 772.326. APPROVAL AND REGISTRATION OF BONDS. (a) Bonds issued by a district must be submitted to the attorney general for examination. (b) If the attorney general finds that the bonds have been authorized in accordance with law, the attorney general shall approve them. On ap…

Sec. 772.327. REFUNDING BONDS. (a) A district may issue bonds to refund all or any part of its outstanding bonds, including matured but unpaid interest coupons. (b) Refunding bonds shall mature serially or otherwise not more than 25 years after their date of issue and shall bear …

Sec. 772.328. BONDS AS INVESTMENTS AND SECURITY FOR DEPOSITS. (a) District bonds are legal and authorized investments for: (1) a bank; (2) a savings bank; (3) a trust company; (4) a savings and loan association; (5) an insurance company; (6) a fiduciary; (7) a trustee; (8) a guar…

Sec. 772.329. TAX STATUS OF BONDS. Because a district created under this subchapter is a public entity performing an essential public function, bonds issued by the district, any transaction relating to the bonds, and profits made in the sale of the bonds are exempt from taxation …

Sec. 772.402. APPLICATION OF SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter applies only to a county having a population of more than 2.5 million in which a communication district has not been created under Subchapter B. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by: Acts 20…

Sec. 772.403. IMPLEMENTATION OF 9-1-1 SERVICE AND FEE. (a) A county to which this subchapter applies may implement a system for providing 9-1-1 service in the unincorporated areas of the county and may impose a service fee on local exchange telephone service customers in the area…

Sec. 772.404. COLLECTION OF FEE. (a) A telecommunications carrier providing local exchange service in a county that imposes a fee under this subchapter shall collect the fees and deliver them to the commissioners court not later than the 60th day after the last day of the month d…

Sec. 772.405. AUDIT OF SERVICE PROVIDER. The commissioners court of a county may require at the county's expense an audit of a local exchange service provider collecting fees or surcharges under this subchapter. The audit must be limited to the collection and remittance of money …

Sec. 772.406. NUMBER AND LOCATION IDENTIFICATION. A business service user that provides residential facilities and owns or leases a publicly or privately owned telephone switch used to provide telephone service to facility residents shall provide to those residential end users th…

Sec. 772.407. LIABILITY OF SERVICE PROVIDERS. A service supplier involved in providing 9-1-1 service, a manufacturer of equipment used in providing 9-1-1 service, or an officer or employee of a service supplier involved in providing 9-1-1 service is not liable for any claim, dama…

Sec. 772.451. CONSOLIDATION PROCEDURE. (a) Two or more districts governed by this chapter may consolidate into a single district as provided by this section. (b) If the board of managers of each district to be consolidated finds that the consolidation of the districts would benef…

Sec. 772.452. CONSOLIDATION PLANNING. (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 consoli…

Sec. 772.453. CREATION OF CONSOLIDATED DISTRICT. (a) When the board of managers of each district has adopted the same consolidation plan, the combined boards of managers shall declare the consolidated district created. (b) If the board of managers of a district does not agree to …