By: Uresti S.B. No. 833
(In the Senate - Filed February 21, 2011; March 1, 2011,
read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources;
March 31, 2011, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; March 31, 2011,
sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 833 By: Uresti
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the election of the board of directors of the Crockett
County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subtitle I, Title 6, Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended by adding Chapter 9035 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 9035. CROCKETT COUNTY WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT
DISTRICT NO. 1
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 9035.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors.
(2) "Director" means a board member.
(3) "District" means the Crockett County Water Control
and Improvement District No. 1.
[Sections 9035.002-9035.050 reserved for expansion]
SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Sec. 9035.051. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS. (a) Notwithstanding
Section 49.103(b), Water Code, on the uniform election date in
November of each even-numbered year, the district shall hold an
election to elect the appropriate number of directors to the board.
(b) The election may be held at any location that is in the
boundaries of:
(1) the district; and
(2) Crockett County.
SECTION 2. (a) All governmental acts and proceedings of
the Crockett County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1
relating to the election of members of the board of directors of the
district that were taken before the effective date of this Act are
validated, ratified, and confirmed in all respects as if they 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. A director of the board of the Crockett County
Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 who is serving on the
day before the effective date of this Act shall serve until the
director's term expires. A director whose term expires in May 2012
shall serve until the director's successor has qualified following
the directors' election held on the uniform election date in
November 2012 in accordance with Section 9035.051, Special District
Local Laws Code, as added by this Act. A director whose term
expires in May 2014 shall serve until the director's successor has
qualified following the directors' election held on the uniform
election date in November 2014.
SECTION 4. (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 5. 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.
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