By: Rodriguez, Uresti S.B. No. 832
(Quintanilla)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to voter eligibility and registration in El Paso County
Water Improvement District No. 1.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subtitle J, Title 6, Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended by adding Chapter 9303 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 9303. EL PASO COUNTY WATER
IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 1
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 9303.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "district"
means the El Paso County Water Improvement District No. 1.
[Sections 9303.002-9303.050 reserved for expansion]
SUBCHAPTER B. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Sec. 9303.051. VOTER ELIGIBILITY. (a) An individual is
eligible to vote in a district election only if the individual:
(1) is 18 years of age or older;
(2) is a United States citizen;
(3) holds title to or an interest in title to irrigable
land within the boundaries of the district; and
(4) receives and uses irrigation water delivered by
the district through the district's canal system.
(b) To vote in a district election, an individual eligible
to vote under Subsection (a) must register with the district not
later than the 30th day before the date on which the district
election is held.
(c) The district shall file with the county clerk of El Paso
County a certified copy of the list of the district's registered
voters not later than the 25th day before the date on which a
district election is held.
Sec. 9303.052. DISTRICT PUBLICATION OF NOTICE CONCERNING
VOTER ELIGIBILITY AND REGISTRATION. Not later than the 60th day and
not earlier than the 90th day before the date of each district
election, the district shall publish notice of the voter
eligibility and registration requirements provided by Section
9303.051.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.