S.B. No. 2495
AN ACT
relating to eligibility requirements to serve as a member of the
board of directors of the Bee Groundwater Conservation District.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 8804.052, Special
District Local Laws Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a) A person must own land in the single-member district
from which the person is elected to serve as a director.
SECTION 2. Subsection (a), Section 8804.052, Special
District Local Laws Code, as amended by this Act, applies only to a
member of the board of directors of the Bee Groundwater
Conservation District who is elected to the board on or after the
effective date of this Act. A member who is elected to the board
before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in
effect on the date the member was elected, 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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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2495 passed the Senate on
April 30, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2495 passed the House on
May 26, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, one
present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor