Title
Discuss and consider action on a resolution consenting to creation of the proposed Travis County Emergency Services District No. 17.
Summary
The City of Pflugerville received a certified petition on December 10, 2020 for the creation of Travis County Emergency Services District No. 17. The petition was transmitted to the city by the Pflugerville Professional Firefighters Association Local 4137.
The Texas Health and Safety Code, Section 775.014, prescribes the creation of a district that includes municipal territory, as follows:
(a) Before a district may be created that contains territory in a municipality's limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction, a written request to be included in the district must be presented to the municipality's governing body after the petition is filed under Section 775.015. Except as provided by Subsection (c), that territory may not be included in the district unless the municipality's governing body gives its written consent on or before the 60th day after the date on which the municipality receives the request.
(b) If the municipality's governing body does not consent to inclusion within the 60-day period prescribed by Subsection (a), a majority of the qualified voters and the owners of at least 50 percent of the territory in the municipality's limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction that would have been included in the district may petition the governing body to make fire control and emergency medical and ambulance services available. The petition must be submitted to the governing body not later than the 90th day after the date on which the municipality receives the request under Subsection (a).
(c) If the municipality's governing body refuses or fails to act on the petition requesting fire protection and emergency medical and ambulance services within six months after the date on which the petition submitted under Subsection (b) is received, the governing body's refusal or failure to act constitutes consent for ...
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