By: Zaffirini	S.B. No. 280
	(Kleinschmidt)

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the creation and operation of a park and recreation
	district in a county with frontage on the San Marcos River and to
	the authority of the district to collect fees; providing penalties.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Subtitle B, Title 10, Local Government Code, is
	amended by adding Chapter 324A to read as follows:
	CHAPTER 324A.  PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES WITH
	FRONTAGE ON SAN MARCOS RIVER
	SUBCHAPTER A.  GENERAL PROVISIONS
	Sec. 324A.001.  ELIGIBLE COUNTIES. In a county that has
	river frontage on the San Marcos River and a population of more than
	35,000 but not more than 100,000, a district may be created for all
	or part of the unincorporated area in the county to:
	(1)  improve, equip, maintain, finance, and operate any
	public park located in the district and owned or leased by the
	county;
	(2)  conserve the natural resources in the district;
	and
	(3)  improve the public health, safety, and welfare in
	the district.
	Sec. 324A.002.  DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
	(1)  "Board" means the board of directors of a park and
	recreation district.
	(2)  "District" means a park and recreation district
	created under this chapter.
	(3)  "District facility" includes any facility, land,
	or improvement to land, whether permanent or temporary, that is
	owned, leased, or acquired by the district.
	(4)  "Fee" includes a toll or any other charge.
	(5)  "Recreational vehicle" has the meaning assigned by
	Section 522.004(b), Transportation Code.
	(6)  "Recreational vehicle park" means property on
	which utility service connections are made for recreational vehicle
	transient guest use and for which fees are paid at intervals of one
	day or longer.
	SUBCHAPTER B.  CREATION OF PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICT
	Sec. 324A.021.  ORDER OF ELECTION. (a)  The commissioners
	court of the county may order an election on the issue of the
	creation of a district:
	(1)  on the commissioners court's own motion; or
	(2)  after the filing of a written petition signed by a
	number of the registered voters who reside in the county equal to at
	least five percent of the votes received in the county in the most
	recent gubernatorial general election.
	(b)  The petition or commissioners court's motion must
	include:
	(1)  the name of the proposed district;
	(2)  an accurate description of the area to be included
	in the district by metes and bounds and by public roads or
	rights-of-way; and
	(3)  an accurate plat of the area to be included in the
	district.
	Sec. 324A.022.  NOTICE OF HEARING. (a)  After the filing of
	the petition, the commissioners court shall set a date for a hearing
	on the petition that is after the 20th day but on or before the 40th
	day after the date the petition is filed.
	(b)  The commissioners court shall publish notice of the
	petition and the hearing date in a newspaper of general circulation
	in the county.
	(c)  The notice must be published once each week for a period
	of two weeks before the hearing date.
	Sec. 324A.023.  HEARING. (a)  At the hearing, evidence
	shall be taken as in civil cases in the county court. The
	commissioners court shall hear all arguments for and against the
	creation of the district.
	(b)  The hearing may be adjourned from time to time on good
	cause shown.
	(c)  The commissioners court shall grant the petition and
	order the election on the issue of the creation of the district if
	the court finds that:
	(1)  the petition is signed by the required number of
	registered voters in the county;
	(2)  the district will serve the purposes prescribed by
	Section 324A.001; and
	(3)  the district does not include any incorporated
	area.
	Sec. 324A.024.  CREATION ELECTION. (a)  The election shall
	be held on the date of the first regularly scheduled countywide
	election that follows the date of the order of the election and for
	which there is sufficient time to comply with other requirements of
	law.
	(b)  The returns on the election shall be certified and the
	results declared in the same manner as provided for other county
	elections. If a majority of the votes received on the issue favor
	creation of the district, the commissioners court shall declare the
	district created and shall enter the results in the commissioners
	court's minutes at the commissioners court's next regularly
	scheduled meeting.
	Sec. 324A.025.  COSTS OF CREATION AND ORGANIZATION. The
	costs necessarily incurred in the creation and organization of the
	district may be paid from the district's revenue from any source.
	SUBCHAPTER C.  BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICT
	Sec. 324A.041.  COMPOSITION AND APPOINTMENT OF BOARD.
	(a)  A district is governed by a board composed of seven members.
	(b)  The commissioners court shall appoint the members of the
	board.
	(c)  A board member must be a citizen of the United States and
	must reside in the county.  Four of the board members must reside,
	own property, or own a business in the district. One board member
	must live outside the district.
	(d)  A board member may not be an officer or employee of the
	county in which the district is created or of a municipality in that
	county.
	(e)  Three members of the initial board serve one-year terms
	and four members serve two-year terms. The members shall draw lots
	to determine who serves the one-year terms. Thereafter, each
	director is appointed for a term of two years from the date of the
	director's appointment.
	(f)  If a vacancy occurs on the board, the commissioners
	court shall appoint a person to fill the vacancy for the unexpired
	term.
	(g)  The commissioners court shall file a certificate of the
	appointment of each board member with the county clerk. The
	certificate is conclusive evidence of the proper appointment of the
	board member.
	(h)  A board member may not serve more than four consecutive
	full terms.
	Sec. 324A.042.  OATH AND BOND. (a)  Not later than the 30th
	day after the date a board member is appointed, the member must
	qualify by taking the official oath and by filing a good and
	sufficient bond with the county clerk.
	(b)  The bond must be:
	(1)  payable to the order of the commissioners court;
	(2)  payable in an amount prescribed by the
	commissioners court of $5,000 or more; and
	(3)  conditioned that the board member will faithfully
	perform the duties of a board member, including the proper handling
	of all money that comes into the board member's hands in the board
	member's official capacity.
	Sec. 324A.043.  COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT. A board
	member is not entitled to compensation but is entitled to
	reimbursement for necessary expenses, including travel expenses,
	incurred in performing the duties of a board member. A board
	member's reimbursement for necessary expenses in excess of $250
	must be approved by the commissioners court. A board member's
	approved expense account shall be paid in due time by the board's
	check or warrant.
	Sec. 324A.044.  QUORUM; MAJORITY VOTE. Four board members
	constitute a quorum of the board. The board may act on the majority
	of the vote of the assembled quorum.
	Sec. 324A.045.  APPROVAL OF COMMISSIONERS COURT. (a)  The
	board is subject to the supervision of the commissioners court in
	the exercise of all the board's rights, powers, and privileges and
	in the performance of the board's duties.
	(b)  Not later than the 30th day after the date the board
	acts, the commissioners court may approve or disapprove the board's
	action. If the court disapproves the act, the act is ineffective.
	Otherwise, the act becomes effective on the earlier of the date the
	commissioners court approves the act or the 31st day after the date
	the board acted.
	Sec. 324A.046.  ORGANIZATION; MEETINGS. (a)  Annually, the
	board shall elect a president, a vice president, a secretary, and a
	treasurer, except that the first president shall be designated by
	the commissioners court at the time of the appointment of the first
	board.
	(b)  The offices of secretary and treasurer may be held by
	the same person. If either the secretary or the treasurer is absent
	or unavailable, the president may appoint another board member to
	act for and perform the duties of the absent or unavailable officer.
	(c)  The board shall set times for and hold regular meetings.
	On the request of two or more board members, the board may hold a
	special meeting at other times as necessary.
	(d)  The board shall hold meetings at a public place in a
	county in which at least part of the district is located.
	SUBCHAPTER D.  POWERS AND DUTIES
	Sec. 324A.061.  DEPOSITORIES AND DISBURSEMENTS. (a)  Money
	and other funds belonging to or under control of the board are
	public funds.
	(b)  The board shall select depositories for the money.
	(c)  A warrant or check for the withdrawal of money must be
	signed by two persons authorized to sign a warrant or check by
	resolution entered in the board's minutes.
	Sec. 324A.062.  PERSONNEL. (a)  The board may employ a
	manager, secretary, stenographer, bookkeeper, accountant, and
	technical expert and any other support personnel or agent the board
	considers necessary.
	(b)  The board shall determine the qualifications and set the
	duties of employees.
	(c)  The board may call on the county attorney, district
	attorney, or criminal district attorney for the legal services the
	board requires. The board may contract for and compensate the
	board's own legal staff.
	Sec. 324A.063.  SEAL. The board shall adopt a seal to place
	on each lease, deed, or other instrument usually executed under
	seal and on other instruments as the board requires.
	Sec. 324A.064.  CONTRACTS. (a)  The board may enter into
	any contract that the board considers necessary or convenient to
	carry out the purposes and powers granted by this chapter,
	including a lease or other contract connected with, incident to, or
	affecting the acquisition, financing, construction, equipment,
	maintenance, renovation, repair, improvement, or operation of real
	property or facilities.
	(b)  If the contract is for an amount less than or equal to
	the amount prescribed by Section 262.023, the board may enter into
	the contract without advertisement.  If the contract is for more
	than that amount, the contract is subject to the bidding provisions
	applicable to county contracts.
	(c)  To be effective, a contract must be:
	(1)  approved by board resolution;
	(2)  executed by the president or vice president; and
	(3)  attested by the secretary or treasurer.
	Sec. 324A.065.  SUITS. The board may sue and be sued in the
	board's own name.
	Sec. 324A.066.  DISTRICT RULES AND ORDINANCES; CRIMINAL
	PENALTY; CIVIL ENFORCEMENT. (a)  The board may adopt reasonable
	rules and ordinances applicable to:
	(1)  the administration, enforcement, and collection
	of district fees and the issuance, suspension, and cancellation of
	revenue permits;
	(2)  littering and litter abatement on public water in
	the district, including the possession and disposition of plastic
	containers of not more than two ounces and glass containers;
	(3)  activities that endanger the health and safety of
	persons or property on public water in the district, subject to the
	public's paramount right to navigate inland water; and
	(4)  tenants, business privileges, concessionaires,
	users, and activities affecting district property and facilities,
	including hunting, fishing, boating, camping, tubing, swimming,
	and conservation of natural resources.
	(b)  The board may not prohibit the possession of 12-ounce
	aluminum cans.
	(c)  A police officer, constable, sheriff, or other law
	enforcement officer with jurisdiction in the county may arrest
	persons violating board rules or ordinances and carry out the
	prosecution of those persons in the proper court.
	(d)  A person who violates a rule or ordinance adopted under
	this section commits an offense. An offense under this subsection
	is a Class C misdemeanor punishable by:
	(1)  a fine not to exceed $500 for a violation of a rule
	or ordinance not described by Subsection (a)(2); and
	(2)  a fine not to exceed $1,000 for a violation of a
	rule or ordinance described by Subsection (a)(2).
	(e)  The county attorney, the district attorney, the
	criminal district attorney, or an attorney retained by the board
	for this purpose may bring an action to enjoin a violation of board
	rules or ordinances and, if the board authorizes, may seek damages
	and attorney's fees based on the violation, if the violation
	involves:
	(1)  the providing or offering of a service or the use
	or rental of a facility or an item for remuneration by a person who
	does not hold a revenue permit issued by the district or for which
	collection of a fee is required;
	(2)  the failure of a revenue permit holder to remit a
	fee imposed if the fee has been due for more than 60 days; or
	(3)  the violation by a revenue permit holder of a
	district rule or ordinance relating to an activity that endangers
	the health or safety of a person or property in the district.
	Sec. 324A.067.  BOND. If the board brings an action to
	enforce this subchapter or enjoin a violation of a rule or ordinance
	adopted by the board under this subchapter, the board is not
	required to post a bond.
	Sec. 324A.068.  POWER TO ACQUIRE PROPERTY. (a)  For the
	conservation of the natural resources of the county, the board may
	acquire land in the county, in or outside the district, including a
	stream, a lake, submerged land, and swampland, to create parks. The
	board may develop, improve, protect, and promote the land in a
	manner the board considers conducive to the general welfare.
	(b)  The land may be acquired by:
	(1)  gift or devise;
	(2)  lump-sum payment; or
	(3)  installment payments with or without option to
	purchase.
	(c)  The district does not have the power of eminent domain.
	(d)  The commissioners court by eminent domain may not
	acquire land for park purposes after August 31, 2013, and
	subsequently transfer by any means the land or control of the land
	to the board for park purposes or other purposes. If the
	commissioners court by eminent domain acquires land for purposes
	other than park purposes after August 31, 2013, the court may not
	transfer by any means the land or control of the land to the board
	for park purposes or other purposes before the 10th anniversary of
	the date the court acquired the land.
	Sec. 324A.069.  SALE OR LEASE OF LANDS. (a)  If the board
	determines that any land owned by the district is not necessary for
	the purposes for which the land was acquired, the board may sell and
	dispose of the land on terms the board considers advisable.
	(b)  The board may lease or permit the use of land for
	purposes consistent with the purposes for which the land was
	acquired and on terms the board considers advisable.
	(c)  Before land owned by the district may be sold, once a
	week for four consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general
	circulation in the county, the board must publish a notice of the
	board's intention to sell the land. The notice must include an
	accurate description of the land, the time of a public hearing that
	is not later than the 10th day before the disposition date, and the
	time and place at which sealed bids will be received.
	Sec. 324A.070.  GRANTS AND GRATUITIES. To promote,
	establish, or accomplish a purpose of this chapter, the board may:
	(1)  accept grants and gratuities in any form from any
	source, including the United States government, this state, any
	state or federal agency, any private or public corporation, or any
	other person;
	(2)  accept donations of money or other property; and
	(3)  act as trustee of land, money, or other property.
	Sec. 324A.071.  COOPERATION WITH OTHER PUBLIC AUTHORITIES.
	Under an agreement with a public authority in control of parkland in
	the county, the district may assume control of all or part of the
	parkland in the district or contiguous to the district or may
	contract or cooperate with the public authority in connection with
	the use, development, improvement, and protection of the parkland.
	Sec. 324A.072.  IMPROVEMENT OF PUBLIC HIGHWAY. The board
	may enter into an agreement with a public authority in control of a
	highway in a park area or connecting two or more park areas to make
	alterations in the route or width of the highway or to grade, drain,
	pave, or otherwise improve the highway.
	Sec. 324A.073.  PLAN FOR DEVELOPMENT OF PARKS; ANNUAL
	BUDGET; FILING. (a)  The board shall develop and approve a
	three-year master plan for capital development and the development
	of parks and district facilities.
	(b)  The board shall annually review and revise the master
	plan during the budget process and shall file a copy of the master
	plan and revisions with the county clerk.
	(c)  The board shall annually develop and approve a one-year
	budget that must include the suggested revisions and additions to
	the master plan.
	(d)  The board shall submit the annual budget to the
	commissioners court for approval and shall file a copy with the
	county clerk.
	Sec. 324A.074.  PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS ON LAND WITH RIVER
	FRONTAGE. (a)  The district may not purchase a river access
	location except for use as:
	(1)  a sanitary facility;
	(2)  a litter receptacle;
	(3)  a drinking water facility;
	(4)  a parking lot;
	(5)  a road or trail;
	(6)  a river ingress or egress facility;
	(7)  an information booth;
	(8)  a fee collection facility;
	(9)  a visitor's center; or
	(10)  a district office.
	(b)  At a river access location permitted under this section,
	the district may not engage in any activity that competes with
	private enterprise except for the provision and operation of a
	permanent improvement permitted under this section.
	(c)  Subject to the restrictions provided by Section
	324A.068(d), the district may accept as a grant, gratuity, gift, or
	devise land with river access and any improvement that may exist on
	the land at the time of the gift.
	SUBCHAPTER E.  FEES AND FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
	Sec. 324A.091.  NO AD VALOREM TAXES OR BONDS. The district
	may not impose an ad valorem tax or issue a bond.
	Sec. 324A.092.  FEES FOR USE OF DISTRICT FACILITY. (a)  The
	board may charge or require the payment of a fee for the use of a
	district facility except a drinking water or sanitary facility.
	(b)  A fee assessed under this section must be equal and
	uniform within classes defined by the board.
	(c)  Except as provided by a contract entered into by the
	board, the board may determine the rate of fees charged for the use,
	operation, or lease of district facilities, services, or equipment.
	The fees must be in amounts that will produce revenue at least
	sufficient to pay the expenses of operating and maintaining
	district facilities.
	Sec. 324A.093.  FINANCIAL STATEMENT; BUDGET. (a)  On or
	before February 1 of each year, the board shall prepare and file
	with the officer responsible for the county budget a complete
	financial statement showing the financial status of the district
	and the district's properties, funds, and indebtedness.
	(b)  The financial statement must be prepared in accordance
	with standards adopted by the Governmental Accounting Standards
	Board and must show separately all information concerning:
	(1)  leases, promissory notes, and other indebtedness
	of the district; and
	(2)  fee revenue of the district.
	(c)  At the time the financial statement is filed, the board
	shall file with the commissioners court a proposed budget of the
	board's needs for the next fiscal year. The proposed budget shall
	include items that:
	(1)  the board is unable to finance from the district's
	revenues; and
	(2)  the board requests purchase of with county funds.
	(d)  The officer responsible for the county budget shall
	include the district's proposed budget on the calendar for the next
	regularly scheduled meeting of the commissioners court. As part of
	the county's tentative budget, the items certified by the board are
	subject to state law relating to county budgets.
	(e)  The county auditor may conduct a general audit and issue
	a financial statement of the district at times the auditor
	considers appropriate.
	(f)  The board shall operate the parks and facilities under
	the board's control in a manner that will produce revenue at least
	sufficient to pay the expenses of operating and maintaining the
	district's parks and facilities without seeking from the
	commissioners court the appropriation of additional money for those
	expenses.
	Sec. 324A.094.  IMPOSITION AND COLLECTION OF FEES; CRIMINAL
	PENALTY. (a)  The district may collect fees and issue revenue
	permits within the district to carry out any purposes prescribed by
	this chapter and to pay the obligations of the district.
	(b)  The district may collect only the following fees:
	(1)  a fee, at a rate not greater than five percent
	established by board resolution, imposed on each person who, under
	a lease, concession, permit, right of access, license, contract, or
	agreement, pays $1 or more:
	(A)  for each day to rent a camping space, picnic
	space, or parking space, if the space is not part of a recreational
	vehicle park;
	(B)  for each day to rent a boat slip, dry boat
	storage, or fishing tackle;
	(C)  for each day of recreational guide services;
	or
	(D)  for an initiation or membership fee of a
	private club or organization that provides water-oriented
	recreational equipment for use to a member; and
	(2)  a fee imposed by board resolution at a rate not
	greater than $1 a person:
	(A)  for each rental of water-oriented
	recreational equipment, including a canoe, tube, raft, boat, or
	kayak, intended for use on a river in the district; or
	(B)  if the person does not rent equipment
	described by Paragraph (A), for each person using shuttle service
	in the district, including for river ingress and egress.
	(c)  A fee imposed under this section is payable by the
	purchaser or consumer of the item subject to the fee, except that,
	if the person responsible for collecting the fee does not comply
	with this chapter by collecting and remitting the fee to the
	district, the person responsible for collecting the fee is liable
	for the fee.
	(d)  A person who does not hold a revenue permit issued by the
	board may not provide or offer for remuneration a service, a use of
	a facility, or a rental of an item if the price paid for the service,
	use, or rental is subject to a fee under this section. A person who
	holds a revenue permit issued by the district shall collect the fees
	imposed under this section and shall report and remit the collected
	fees to the district as the district requires.
	(e)  If a revenue permit holder remits fees after the due
	date but on or before the 30th day after the due date, the revenue
	permit holder shall pay the district a penalty of five percent of
	the amount of fees due. If the revenue permit holder remits the
	fees after the 30th day after the due date, the revenue permit
	holder shall pay the district a penalty of 10 percent of the amount
	of fees due.
	(f)  Delinquent fees and accrued penalties draw interest at
	the rate of 10 percent a year beginning on the 60th day after the
	date the fees were due.
	(g)  If a revenue permit holder does not collect and remit a
	fee imposed, the board may suspend, revoke, or cancel the holder's
	revenue permit and pursue any other remedy the district may have to
	collect the fee under civil or criminal law.
	(h)  A person who violates Subsection (d) commits an offense
	if the person rents or offers for rent an item subject to a fee under
	this section. Each provision or offer for remuneration of the
	service, use, or rental is a separate offense. An offense under
	this subsection is a Class C misdemeanor unless it is shown at the
	trial of the defendant that the defendant has previously been
	convicted of an offense under this subsection, in which case the
	offense is a Class B misdemeanor.
	(i)  In the same manner that this section applies to a person
	who provides or offers a service, a use of a facility, or a rental of
	an item in the district, this section applies to a person who
	resides or does business outside the district but:
	(1)  provides or offers recreational guide or shuttle
	services or the rental of water-oriented recreational equipment in
	the district; and
	(2)  regularly transports customers into or out of the
	district for river or parking access.
	(j)  The board may settle a claim for a penalty or interest
	accrued on a fee imposed by this chapter if the board finds that the
	revenue permit holder exercised reasonable diligence to comply with
	this chapter.
	(k)  The district may impose different fee rates for
	different types of services or rental items described by Subsection
	(b)(2). A fee rate may not exceed the maximum rate provided by that
	subdivision.
	Sec. 324A.095.  FEE EXEMPTION. The district may not collect
	a fee on a transaction between a person and an interest operated by:
	(1)  the United States in the district; or
	(2)  a state park in the district.
	Sec. 324A.096.  DISPOSITION OF REVENUE. In addition to any
	other purpose or obligation of a district, a district may use
	district fee revenue and other revenue for:
	(1)  acquisition of a right-of-way that leads to or is
	in the district;
	(2)  construction, improvement, or maintenance of a
	road that leads to or is in the district;
	(3)  the provision of law enforcement, emergency
	medical services, or fire protection in the district;
	(4)  programs to improve the water quality and sanitary
	conditions in the district;
	(5)  other programs that promote water-oriented
	recreation in the district;
	(6)  a contribution to the county's general fund in the
	event that the board finds it has excess revenues;
	(7)  acquiring insurance for the district;
	(8)  hiring necessary personnel as provided by Section
	324A.062;
	(9)  the construction of facilities to house district
	personnel and equipment;
	(10)  the leasing of property as necessary to benefit
	the district; and
	(11)  any other lawful purpose for the benefit of the
	district.
	Sec. 324A.097.  REPLACEMENT FUND. (a)  The board may
	establish a replacement fund. The board may deposit in the fund any
	amounts from board revenue that the board considers appropriate.
	(b)  The replacement fund may be used to rebuild, restore,
	repair, or improve district property that is destroyed or injured
	or as necessary to expand, improve, demolish, repair, or replace
	district property because of unfitness.
	(c)  The board may invest the replacement fund in bonds of
	the United States, this state, or a county, municipal corporation,
	or school district of this state.
	SUBCHAPTER F. ANNEXATION; INCORPORATION; DISSOLUTION
	Sec. 324A.121.  ANNEXATION. (a)  The voters of an
	unincorporated area that is contiguous to a district may file a
	petition with the board to annex the area to the district.
	(b)  The petition must contain an accurate description of the
	area proposed for annexation, accompanied by an accurate map or
	plat of the area.
	(c)  The petition must be signed by at least one percent of
	the registered voters in the area proposed for annexation.
	(d)  If the board considers the proposed annexation
	desirable, the board shall file the petition with the commissioners
	court with a statement of the reasons the board favors the
	annexation.
	(e)  The commissioners court shall give notice of a hearing
	on the petition and hold a hearing in the manner prescribed by
	Sections 324A.022 and 324A.023 for a petition for creation of a
	district.
	(f)  The commissioners court may grant the petition if the
	commissioners court finds the petition meets the requirements of
	this section and the annexation promotes the purposes for which the
	district was created.
	Sec. 324A.122.  EFFECT OF INCORPORATION OR ANNEXATION. The
	incorporation of a political subdivision or the annexation of any
	part of a park and recreation district by a political subdivision
	does not affect the district's boundaries.
	Sec. 324A.123.  DISANNEXATION. (a)  The voters of or county
	commissioners for any area in a district may file a petition with
	the board to disannex the area from the district.
	(b)  The petition must contain an accurate description of the
	area proposed for disannexation, accompanied by an accurate map or
	plat of the area.
	(c)  The petition must be signed by at least one percent of
	the registered voters in the area proposed for disannexation or by
	each county commissioner for the area proposed for disannexation.
	(d)  The board shall file the petition with the commissioners
	court if:
	(1)  the district has not acquired or constructed a
	permanent improvement or facility in the area proposed for
	disannexation; and
	(2)  the district's projected revenue from all sources,
	except from the area proposed for disannexation, is sufficient to
	pay the district's outstanding debts.
	(e)  The commissioners court shall give notice of a hearing
	on the petition and hold a hearing in the manner prescribed by
	Sections 324A.022 and 324A.023 for a petition for creation of a
	district.
	(f)  The commissioners court by order may grant the petition
	if the commissioners court finds that:
	(1)  the petition meets the requirements of this
	section;
	(2)  the conditions listed in Subsection (d) exist; and
	(3)  the disannexation is in the county's best
	interests.
	(g)  The disannexation takes effect on the date stated by the
	order or, if the order does not state a date, on the date the order
	is issued.
	Sec. 324A.124.  DISSOLUTION OF DISTRICT. (a)  The
	commissioners court by order may dissolve a district. The order may
	be adopted:
	(1)  on the commissioners court's own motion; or
	(2)  after the filing of a written petition signed by a
	number of the registered voters who reside in the district equal to
	at least 10 percent of the votes received in the district in the
	most recent gubernatorial general election.
	(b)  The commissioners court shall give notice of a hearing
	on the petition and hold a hearing in the manner prescribed by
	Sections 324A.022 and 324A.023 for a petition for creation of a
	district.
	(c)  The commissioners court shall grant the petition and
	order the dissolution of the district if the court finds that the
	petition meets the requirements of this section and that the
	dissolution is in the county's best interests.
	(d)  On dissolution of the district, the county assumes the
	district's property and other assets, debts and other liabilities,
	and obligations.
	SUBCHAPTER Z.  MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
	Sec. 324A.901.  REQUIREMENTS FOR RENTAL OF WATER-ORIENTED
	RECREATIONAL EQUIPMENT. (a)  This section applies only to the
	rental of water-oriented recreational equipment in a district.
	(b)  A person may rent water-oriented recreational equipment
	only if each person who will use the equipment is listed on a
	written agreement for the rental of that equipment.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.