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1	1	S.B. No. 2570
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4	4	AN ACT
5	5	relating to the board of directors of the Kenedy County Groundwater
6	6	Conservation District.
7	7	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	8	SECTION 1. Chapter 1152, Acts of the 78th Legislature,
9	9	Regular Session, 2003, is amended by adding Section 9A to read as
10	10	follows:
11	11	Sec. 9A. METHOD OF ELECTING DIRECTORS: SINGLE-MEMBER
12	12	DISTRICTS. (a) As soon as practicable after the effective date of
13	13	the Act by which this section is enacted into law, the board shall:
14	14	(1) divide the district into five single-member
15	15	districts for electing directors; and
16	16	(2) assign each of the existing board positions to one
17	17	of the new single-member districts.
18	18	(b) In dividing the district into single-member districts
19	19	under Subsection (a) of this section, the board shall:
20	20	(1) take into account the existing at-large board
21	21	position elected by the voters of the Santa Gertrudis Independent
22	22	School District; and
23	23	(2) draw the single-member districts in a manner that
24	24	retains the existing district lines as closely as possible.
25	25	(c) If the district annexes territory, the annexed
26	26	territory becomes part of one or more of the single-member
27	27	districts as determined by the board.
28	28	(d) One director shall be elected from each single-member
29	29	district.
30	30	(e) To be a candidate for or to serve as a director, a person
31	31	must be a registered voter in the single-member district the person
32	32	represents or seeks to represent.
33	33	(f) A person shall indicate on the application for a place
34	34	on the ballot the single-member district the person seeks to
35	35	represent.
36	36	(g) After each federal decennial census or as needed, the
37	37	board may redraw the single-member districts to reflect population
38	38	changes. A director in office on the effective date of a change in
39	39	the boundaries of a single-member district, or a director elected
40	40	or appointed before the effective date of the change whose term of
41	41	office begins on or after the effective date of the change, shall
42	42	serve for the remainder of the director's term in the single-member
43	43	district to which elected or appointed even though the change in
44	44	boundaries places the director's residence outside the district to
45	45	which the director was elected or appointed.
46	46	SECTION 2. Chapter 1162, Acts of the 78th Legislature,
47	47	Regular Session, 2003, is amended by adding Section 8A to read as
48	48	follows:
49	49	Sec. 8A. METHOD OF ELECTING DIRECTORS: SINGLE-MEMBER
50	50	DISTRICTS. (a) As soon as practicable after the effective date of
51	51	the Act by which this section is enacted into law, the board shall:
52	52	(1) divide the district into five single-member
53	53	districts for electing directors; and
54	54	(2) assign each of the existing board positions to one
55	55	of the new single-member districts.
56	56	(b) In dividing the district into single-member districts
57	57	under Subsection (a) of this section, the board shall:
58	58	(1) take into account the existing at-large board
59	59	position elected by the voters of the Santa Gertrudis Independent
60	60	School District; and
61	61	(2) draw the single-member districts in a manner that
62	62	retains the existing district lines as closely as possible.
63	63	(c) If the district annexes territory, the annexed
64	64	territory becomes part of one or more of the single-member
65	65	districts as determined by the board.
66	66	(d) One director shall be elected from each single-member
67	67	district.
68	68	(e) To be a candidate for or to serve as a director, a person
69	69	must be a registered voter in the single-member district the person
70	70	represents or seeks to represent.
71	71	(f) A person shall indicate on the application for a place
72	72	on the ballot the single-member district the person seeks to
73	73	represent.
74	74	(g) After each federal decennial census or as needed, the
75	75	board may redraw the single-member districts to reflect population
76	76	changes. A director in office on the effective date of a change in
77	77	the boundaries of a single-member district, or a director elected
78	78	or appointed before the effective date of the change whose term of
79	79	office begins on or after the effective date of the change, shall
80	80	serve for the remainder of the director's term in the single-member
81	81	district to which elected or appointed even though the change in
82	82	boundaries places the director's residence outside the district to
83	83	which the director was elected or appointed.
84	84	SECTION 3. The following laws are repealed:
85	85	(1) Section 9, Chapter 1152, Acts of the 78th
86	86	Legislature, Regular Session, 2003; and
87	87	(2) Section 8, Chapter 1162, Acts of the 78th
88	88	Legislature, Regular Session, 2003.
89	89	SECTION 4. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies
90	90	only to a director elected or appointed to serve on the board of
91	91	directors of the Kenedy County Groundwater Conservation District on
92	92	or after the effective date of this Act.
93	93	(b) The change in law made by this Act does not affect the
94	94	term of office of a director serving on the board of directors of
95	95	the Kenedy County Groundwater Conservation District on the
96	96	effective date of this Act.
97	97	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
98	98	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
99	99	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
100	100	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
101	101	Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
102	102	______________________________ ______________________________
103	103	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
104	104	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2570 passed the Senate on
105	105	May 11, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that the
106	106	Senate concurred in House amendment on May 29, 2009, by the
107	107	following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
108	108	______________________________
109	109	Secretary of the Senate
110	110	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2570 passed the House, with
111	111	amendment, on May 25, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 144,
112	112	Nays 0, one present not voting.
113	113	______________________________
114	114	Chief Clerk of the House
115	115	Approved:
116	116	______________________________
117	117	Date
118	118	______________________________
119	119	Governor