H.B. No. 3866
AN ACT
relating to the date for the election of directors of the Hill
Country Underground Water Conservation District.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 8844.104, Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 8844.104. ELECTION DATE. Each even-numbered
[odd-numbered] year, the board shall hold an election in the
district on the uniform election date in November [May] to elect the
appropriate number of directors.
SECTION 2. Notwithstanding Section 8844.102, Special
District Local Laws Code:
(1) a member of the board of directors of the Hill
Country Underground Water Conservation District elected in May 2009
shall serve until the member's successor has qualified following
the directors' election held on the uniform election date in
November 2012 in accordance with Section 8844.104, Special District
Local Laws Code, as amended by this Act; and
(2) a member of the board of directors of the Hill
Country Underground Water Conservation District elected in May 2011
shall serve until the member's successor has qualified following
the directors' election held on the uniform election date in
November 2014 in accordance with Section 8844.104, Special District
Local Laws Code, as amended by this Act.
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, 2011.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3866 was passed by the House on May
19, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3866 was passed by the Senate on May
25, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor