WHAT IS ELLIS COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT No. 2
Ellis County Emergency Services District
No. 2
(ECESD 2) is a local government special district created in 1985 by the voters that lived in the Midlothian School District, that were not citizens of Midlothian or Ovilla. The current ECESD 2 District includes all areas in the Midlothian School District that are not located in a city (City of Venus residents in Ellis County do live in the District). ECESD 2 currently includes over 4100 homes and 14,000 residents.
ECESD 2 has contracted since 1985 with the Midlothian Fire Department and the Ovilla Fire Department, to provide Fire and EMS service to the ECESD 2 District residents and area. (Venus Fire Department responds to the Venus area and residents in Ellis County).
The current maximum tax rate for all Emergency Services Districts is $.10/$100 or $100.00 per $100,000.00 of valuation. The governing statute for an ESD is Chapter 775 of the Texas Health and Safety Code. There are over 300 ESDs in Texas....read more
