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22 By: Cook H.B. No. 1683
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55 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
66 AN ACT
77 relating to the election, and validation of acts, of members of the
88 board of directors of Anderson County Underground Water
99 Conservation District.
1010 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1111 SECTION 1. Section 9, Chapter 992, Acts of the 70th
1212 Legislature, Regular Session, 1987, is amended to read as follows:
1313 Sec. 9. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS. An [Beginning in the second
1414 year following the creation election, an] election shall be held on
1515 the uniform election date [third Saturday] in May every two years to
1616 elect the appropriate number of directors to the board.
1717 SECTION 2. (a) All governmental and proprietary actions of
1818 the Anderson County Underground Water Conservation District taken
1919 before the effective date of this Act are validated, ratified, and
2020 confirmed in all respects as if the actions had been taken as
2121 authorized by law.
2222 (b) This section does not apply to any matter that on the
2323 effective date of this Act:
2424 (1) is involved in litigation if the litigation
2525 ultimately results in the matter being held invalid by a final court
2626 judgment; or
2727 (2) has been held invalid by a final court judgment.
2828 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2929 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
3030 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
3131 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
3232 Act takes effect September 1, 2009.