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CS/SB 538: Special Districts

GENERAL BILL by Community Affairs ; Ring ; Negron

Special Districts; Requiring certain single-county independent special districts to administratively consolidate with the municipality or county in which they are located if such consolidation will result in increased efficiencies; limiting the insurance benefits of district officers and employees to the benefits provided by the local governing authority to its officers and employees; revising the information that must be presented by a community development district to the local governing authority and requiring the information to be provided at a publicly noticed meeting, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2013
 Last Action: 5/3/2013 Senate - Died in Ethics and Elections
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Community Affairs (CA)
  2. Ethics and Elections (EE)
  3. Appropriations Subcommittee on Finance and Tax (AFT)
  4. Appropriations (AP)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    1/30/2013 Senate • Filed
    2/6/2013 Senate • Referred to Community Affairs; Appropriations Subcommittee on Finance and Tax; Appropriations -SJ 41
    3/4/2013 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 03/07/13, 8:00 am, 301 Senate Office Building
    3/5/2013 Senate • Introduced -SJ 41
    3/7/2013 Senate • CS by Community Affairs; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 -SJ 195
    3/11/2013 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    • Remaining references corrected to Ethics and Elections; Appropriations Subcommittee on Finance and Tax; Appropriations -SJ 206
    • Now in Ethics and Elections
    3/12/2013 Senate • CS by Community Affairs read 1st time -SJ 200
    3/13/2013 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 03/18/13, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building --Temporarily Postponed
    5/3/2013 Senate • Died in Ethics and Elections

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  • CS/SB 538, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 3/11/2013 at 8:51 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Ethics and Elections (Pre-Meeting) 3/15/2013 (pdf)

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    902988 - Amendment
    Delete lines 55 - 137 and insert:     		Ethics and Elections
    (Diaz de la Portilla)     		3/15/2013
    1:23 PM     		Web Page
    PDF

    Citations - Statutes (6)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    189.4035 Preparation of official list of special districts. Page 5 (pdf)
    189.404 Legislative intent for the creation of independent special districts; special act prohibitions; model elements and other requirements; general-purpose local government/Governor and Cabinet creation authorizations. Page 5 (pdf)
    189.4052 Page 2 (pdf)
    189.412 Special District Information Program; duties and responsibilities. Page 6 (pdf)
    189.416 Designation of registered office and agent. Page 6 (pdf)
    190.008 Budget; reports and reviews. Page 7 (pdf)

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  • SB 538, Original Filed Version Posted 1/30/2013 at 1:37 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Community Affairs (Pre-Meeting) 3/5/2013 (pdf)
    Community Affairs (Post-Meeting) 3/8/2013 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 881 Special Districts Ray Identical Last Action: 5/3/2013 H Died in Local and Federal Affairs Committee
    Location: In committee/council (LFAC)     		Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    142916 - Amendment (Delete All)
    Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:     		Community Affairs
    (Latvala)     		3/5/2013
    5:18 PM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    3/7/2013     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    3/7/2013 8:00 AM Community Affairs 9 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (2)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    189.414
    189.415 Special district public facilities report.

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