S.B. No. 987
AN ACT
relating to the term of office and qualifications for a director of
the Colorado County Groundwater Conservation District.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (c), Section 8824.051, Special
District Local Laws Code, is amended to read as follows:
(c) A director may serve only two full consecutive terms in
the same position.
SECTION 2. Subsection (a), Section 8824.052, Special
District Local Laws Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (e), the directors of
the district shall be elected as follows:
(1) the directors for positions 1 through 4 must
reside in Colorado County Commissioners Precincts 1 through 4,
respectively, and are elected by the voters of the applicable
county commissioners precinct; and
(2) the directors for positions 5 through 7 must
reside in Colorado County [the cities of Columbus, Eagle Lake, and
Weimar, respectively,] and are elected at large by the voters of the
district.
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act does not
affect the term of a member of the board of directors of the
Colorado County Groundwater Conservation District serving on the
effective date of this Act. A director appointed to fill a vacancy
occurring on or after the effective date of this Act must be
appointed in accordance with Subsection (c), Section 8824.051, and
Subsection (a), Section 8824.052, Special District Local Laws Code,
as amended by this Act.
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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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 987 passed the Senate on
March 21, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 987 passed the House on
May 23, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, one
present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor