CS/SB 192 (2012) -  Special Districts

General Bill by Budget Subcommittee on Finance and Tax and Bennett
Special Districts: Revising provisions relating to merger and dissolution procedures for special districts; requiring the merger or dissolution of dependent special districts created by a special act to be effectuated by the Legislature; providing for the merger or dissolution of inactive special districts by special act without referenda; providing dissolution procedures for active independent special districts by special acts and referenda; providing procedures and requirements for the voluntary merger of contiguous independent special districts; deleting a provision relating to the conditions under which the merger of independent special districts or dependent fire control districts with other special districts is effective and the conditions under which a merged district is authorized to increase ad valorem taxes, etc.
Effective Date: 07/01/2012
Last Event: 02/29/12 S Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 107 (Ch. 2012-16) on Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:06 AM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Community Affairs
    • On agenda for: 10/19/11 9:00 AM
    • Favorable (final action) Votes: Yeas 6   Nays 0
  • Budget Subcommittee on Finance and Tax
    • On agenda for: 02/01/12 10:15 AM
    • Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 5   Nays 0
  • Budget
    • On agenda for: 02/21/12 3:45 PM
    • Favorable (final action) Votes: Yeas 21   Nays 0

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: CS/CS/CS/HB 107 Subject: Special Districts Relationship: Identical

Bill Text

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: Senate Committee: Budget 2/21/2012 8:14:21 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Budget 2/20/2012 3:57:43 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Budget Subcommittee on Finance and Tax 2/6/2012 2:59:28 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Budget Subcommittee on Finance and Tax 1/30/2012 7:58:55 AM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Community Affairs 10/19/2011 2:29:19 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Community Affairs 10/18/2011 8:57:42 AM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Substituted CS/CS/CS/HB 107 -SJ 707 Time: 02/29/2012 - 10:06 AM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 107 (Ch. 2012-16) Time: 02/29/2012 - 10:06 AM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Read 3rd time -SJ 707 Time: 02/29/2012 - 10:06 AM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Placed on 3rd reading Time: 02/28/2012 - 9:07 AM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Read 2nd time -SJ 688 Time: 02/28/2012 - 9:06 AM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/28/12 Time: 02/27/2012 - 10:55 AM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/27/12 Time: 02/22/2012 - 11:33 AM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 671 Time: 02/22/2012 - 9:02 AM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) Time: 02/22/2012 - 8:53 AM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Favorable by- Budget; YEAS 21 NAYS 0 -SJ 671 Time: 02/21/2012 - 7:37 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Budget, 02/21/12, 3:45 pm, 412 Knott Building Time: 02/16/2012 - 5:50 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S CS by Budget Subcommittee on Finance and Tax read 1st time -SJ 329 Time: 02/07/2012 - 6:50 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Now in Budget -SJ 325 Time: 02/06/2012 - 9:46 AM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S CS by Budget Subcommittee on Finance and Tax; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 -SJ 325 Time: 02/01/2012 - 10:44 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Budget Subcommittee on Finance and Tax, 02/01/12, 10:15 am, 301 Senate Office Building Time: 01/27/2012 - 4:40 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Introduced -SJ 23 Time: 01/10/2012 - 8:28 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Now in Budget Subcommittee on Finance and Tax Time: 10/19/2011 - 3:53 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Subreferred to Budget Subcommittee on Finance and Tax -SJ 108 Time: 10/19/2011 - 3:52 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Now in Budget -SJ 110 Time: 10/19/2011 - 2:32 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Favorable by Community Affairs; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 -SJ 110 Time: 10/19/2011 - 10:50 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 10/19/11, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building Time: 10/06/2011 - 4:47 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Referred to Community Affairs; Budget -SJ 23 Time: 09/21/2011 - 4:13 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 09/01/2011 - 9:10 AM Member: Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
189.4042 CS/CS/CS/HB 107*
189.4044 CS/CS/CS/HB 107*
191.014 CS/CS/CS/HB 107*

(*) Not the latest version