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Discuss the process/timeline for renewal of the Crime Control Prevention District and the Fire Control, Prevention, and Emergency Medical Services District.
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Summary:
The Deer Park Crime Control Prevention District (CCPD) and the Deer Park Fire Control, Prevention, and Emergency Medical Services District (FCPEMSD) were approved by the voters in Deer Park on May 11, 2011. Pursuant to their respective statutes, each district will dissolve five years after the date the municipality began to impose taxes for district purposes if the district has not held a continuation referendum (see the attached letters from the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts).
In 2016, both boards called a referendum election to extend the districts for an additional 10 years and approved a joint election agreement with the City of Deer Park to hold the election. The 10 years is up in 2026 but it is being requested that we hold the election in 2025. One of the reasons to hold in 2025 vs 2026 is, if the election fails in 2025, the districts can still hold another election in 2026 (which is one year later).
Each district board may call and hold a referendum election on the question of whether to continue the district. The board may order a referendum election on its own motion by a majority of its members. The board shall order a referendum election: (1) on receipt of a petition that requests continuation of the district and complies with certain statutory requirements; or (2) if the majority of the governing body of the municipality that created the district, after notice and a public hearing on the matter, by resolution requests a referendum on continuation.
The board may not hold a referendum election before the fourth anniversary of the date the district was created.
For the FCPEMSD, the governing body of a municipality that creates a district under this chapter may specify the number of years for which the district should be continued. The board or the governing body of...
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