By: King of Zavala (Senate Sponsor - Hegar) H.B. No. 1563
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 2013;
May 6, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural
Resources; May 15, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 15, 2013, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to fees of office for directors of groundwater
conservation districts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 36.060(a), Water Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) A director is entitled to receive fees of office of not
more than $250 [$150] a day for each day the director actually
spends performing the duties of a director. The fees of office may
not exceed $9,000 a year.
SECTION 2. This Act applies only to a fee paid to a director
of a groundwater conservation district for duties performed on or
after the effective date of this Act. A fee paid for duties
performed before that date is governed by the law in effect on the
date the duties are performed, and that law is continued in effect
for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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