By: Nichols S.B. No. 848
(In the Senate - Filed February 13, 2009; March 4, 2009,
read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources;
March 25, 2009, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 8,
Nays 0; March 25, 2009, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the election, and validation of acts, of members of the
board of directors of Anderson County Underground Water
Conservation District.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 9, Chapter 992, Acts of the 70th
Legislature, Regular Session, 1987, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 9. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS. An [Beginning in the second
year following the creation election, an] election shall be held on
the uniform election date [third Saturday] in May every two years to
elect the appropriate number of directors to the board.
SECTION 2. (a) All governmental and proprietary actions of
the Anderson County Underground Water 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.
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