Title HS, Health and Safety Code

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 …

Sec. 772.454. BOARD OF MANAGERS. (a) The consolidated district is governed by a board of managers appointed in accordance with the order issued by the temporary board of managers under Subsection (b). The members of the boards of managers of all the districts consolidated serve a…

Sec. 772.455. GOVERNANCE OF CONSOLIDATED DISTRICT. The consolidated district and its board of managers are governed by the provisions of this chapter that governed the most populous of the districts before the consolidation, except as provided by this subchapter. Added by Acts 19…

Sec. 772.501. SHORT TITLE. This subchapter may be cited as the Regional Emergency Communications District Act. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 552 (S.B. 628), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.

Sec. 772.502. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Board" means the board of managers of a district. (2) "District" means a regional emergency communications district created under this subchapter. (3) "Participating jurisdiction" means a county or principal municipality that ad…

Sec. 772.503. APPLICATION OF SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter applies to a region: (1) with a population of more than 1.5 million; (2) composed of counties and municipalities that operate a 9-1-1 system solely through a regional planning commission; and (3) in which the governing bodi…

Sec. 772.504. CREATION OF DISTRICT. (a) A district is created when the governing bodies of each county and the principal municipality in a region adopt a resolution approving the district's creation and the county's or municipality's participation in the district. The district's …

Sec. 772.505. POLITICAL SUBDIVISION; DISTRICT POWERS. (a) A district is a political subdivision of this state created to carry out essential governmental functions. (b) A district may exercise all powers necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes and provisions of this sub…

Sec. 772.506. TERRITORY OF DISTRICT. (a) The territory of a district consists of: (1) the territory of the region in which the district is established; and (2) for each municipality partially located in the region, the territory of that municipality located in another region. (b)…

Sec. 772.507. BOARD. (a) A district is governed by a board of managers composed of the members of the governing body of the regional planning commission for the region in which the district is established. Service on the board by a member of the governing body is an additional du…

Sec. 772.508. POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD. (a) The board shall name, control, and manage the district. (b) The board may adopt orders, rules, and policies governing the operations of the board and the district. (c) The board may contract with any person to carry out the purposes o…

Sec. 772.509. ADVISORY COMMITTEE. (a) The board shall appoint an advisory committee consisting of representatives of the participating jurisdictions. The advisory committee shall review, advise, and provide recommendations to the board on district issues, including equipment, tra…

Sec. 772.510. DIRECTOR OF DISTRICT; STAFF. (a) The executive director of the regional planning commission in the district's region serves as director of the district. (b) The director shall: (1) perform all duties required by the board; (2) ensure that board policies and procedur…

Sec. 772.511. BUDGET; ANNUAL REPORT; AUDIT. (a) The director shall prepare, under the direction of the board, an annual budget for the district. The budget and any revision of the budget must be approved by the board. (b) As soon as practicable after the end of each district fisc…

Sec. 772.512. PROVISION 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 or equivalent state-of-the-art technology: (1) the transfer method; (2) the relay method; (3)…

Sec. 772.513. LIABILITY. 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 may not be held liable for any claim, damage, or loss …

Sec. 772.514. 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: (1) may maintain a separate number for an emergency telephone call; and (2) sha…

Sec. 772.515. TRANSMITTING REQUESTS FOR EMERGENCY AID. (a) A 9-1-1 system established under this subchapter must be capable of transmitting requests for firefighting, law enforcement, ambulance, and medical services to a public safety agency that provides the requested service at…

Sec. 772.516. 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 the charge's equivalent, excluding charges for coin-operated telephone equipment. The fee…

Sec. 772.517. COLLECTION OF FEE. (a) Each billed service user is liable for the fee imposed under Section 772.516 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. 772.518. 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 until the second anniversary of the date of sele…

Sec. 772.519. ALLOWABLE EXPENSES. A district's allowable operating expenses include all costs attributable to designing a 9-1-1 system and all equipment and personnel necessary to establish and operate a public safety answering point and other related operations that the board co…