81R16676 SLB-F
By: Heflin H.B. No. 4780
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to election and qualifications of members of the board of
directors of the Santa Rita Underground Water Conservation
District.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 7, Chapter 653, Acts of the 71st
Legislature, Regular Session, 1989, is amended by amending
Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
(a) The district is governed by a board of five directors. A
director must be 18 years of age or older and must be a resident of
the district.
(f) Section 141.001(a)(5), Election Code, and Section
36.059(b), Water Code, do not apply to the district.
SECTION 2. Section 10(b), Chapter 653, Acts of the 71st
Legislature, Regular Session, 1989, is amended to read as follows:
(b) On the uniform election date [first Saturday] in May of
each odd-numbered [the second] year [after the year in which the
district is authorized to be created at a confirmation election],
an election shall be held in the district for the election of the
appropriate number of directors. [Directors elected from district
precincts 2 and 4 shall each serve two-year terms and directors
elected from district precincts 1 and 3 and the district at large
shall each serve four-year terms. Thereafter, on the same date in
each subsequent second year, the appropriate number of directors
shall be elected to the board.]
SECTION 3. Section 10(c), Chapter 653, Acts of the 71st
Legislature, Regular Session, 1989, is repealed.
SECTION 4. (a) The legal notice of the intention to
introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
Government Code.
(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has
submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality.
(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the
lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
representatives within the required time.
(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
and accomplished.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.