81R858 SLB-D
By: Hegar S.B. No. 834
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the date for electing directors of the Goliad County
Groundwater Conservation District.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 12, Chapter 1359 (H.B. 3651), Acts of the
77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, is amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 12. ELECTION OF REGULAR DIRECTORS. Beginning in the
second year following the confirmation election under Section 8 of
this Act, an election shall be held on the first uniform election
date in November [May] every two years to elect the appropriate
number of directors to the board. At the first election, directors
for Places 2, 4, and 6 shall be elected. At the next election,
directors for Places 1, 3, 5, and 7 shall be elected.
SECTION 2. (a) All governmental and proprietary actions of
the Goliad County Groundwater Conservation District taken before
the effective date of this Act are validated, ratified, and
confirmed in all respects as if the actions had been taken as
authorized by law.
(b) This section does not apply to any matter that on the
effective date of this Act:
(1) is involved in litigation if the litigation
ultimately results in the matter being held invalid by a final court
judgment; or
(2) has been held invalid by a final court judgment.
SECTION 3. 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.