By: Uresti S.B. No. 2108
(In the Senate - Filed March 13, 2009; March 31, 2009, read
first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources;
April 14, 2009, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 10,
Nays 0; April 14, 2009, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the compensation of a member of the board of directors
of the Bexar-Medina-Atascosa Counties Water Control and
Improvement District No. 1.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 9007, Special District
Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 9007.055 to read as
follows:
Sec. 9007.055. COMPENSATION. Notwithstanding Section
49.060(a), Water Code, a director is not entitled to receive a fee
of more than $150 a month for performing the duties of a director.
SECTION 2. Section 9007.055, Special District Local Laws
Code, as added by this Act, applies only to the compensation of a
member of the board of directors of the Bexar-Medina-Atascosa
Counties Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 for
performing the duties of a director on or after the effective date
of this Act. Compensation for performing the duties of a director
before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in
effect when the duties were performed, and the former law is
continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. (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 4. 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.
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