| 1 | 1 | | By: Fraser S.B. No. 168 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (Farney) |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the election of members of the board of directors of the |
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| 8 | 8 | | Central Texas Groundwater Conservation District. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Section 8810.051, Special |
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| 11 | 11 | | District Local Laws Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (b) Directors serve staggered four-year terms, with two or |
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| 13 | 13 | | three directors' terms expiring at the first meeting of the board |
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| 14 | 14 | | after the November election in even-numbered years and after the |
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| 15 | 15 | | board has canvassed the votes and the newly elected directors have |
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| 16 | 16 | | qualified for office and taken the constitutional oath [June 1 of |
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| 17 | 17 | | each even-numbered year]. |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 2. Section 8810.053, Special District Local Laws |
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| 19 | 19 | | Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 20 | 20 | | Sec. 8810.053. ELECTION DATE. The district shall hold an |
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| 21 | 21 | | election to elect the appropriate number of directors on the |
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| 22 | 22 | | uniform election date prescribed by Section 41.001, Election Code, |
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| 23 | 23 | | in November [May] of each even-numbered year. |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 3. A director of the board of the Central Texas |
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| 25 | 25 | | Groundwater Conservation District who is serving on the day before |
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| 26 | 26 | | the effective date of this Act shall serve until the director's term |
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| 27 | 27 | | expires. A director whose term expires in May 2014 shall continue |
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| 28 | 28 | | to serve until the director's successor has qualified for office |
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| 29 | 29 | | and taken the constitutional oath following the directors' election |
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| 30 | 30 | | held on November 4, 2014, in accordance with Sections 8810.051 and |
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| 31 | 31 | | 8810.053, Special District Local Laws Code, as amended by this Act. |
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| 32 | 32 | | A director whose term expires in May 2016 shall continue to serve |
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| 33 | 33 | | until the director's successor has qualified for office and taken |
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| 34 | 34 | | the constitutional oath following the directors' election held on |
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| 35 | 35 | | November 8, 2016. |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 4. (a) The legal notice of the intention to |
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| 37 | 37 | | introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this |
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| 38 | 38 | | Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a |
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| 39 | 39 | | copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies, |
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| 40 | 40 | | officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished |
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| 41 | 41 | | under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313, |
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| 42 | 42 | | Government Code. |
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| 43 | 43 | | (b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has |
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| 44 | 44 | | submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on |
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| 45 | 45 | | Environmental Quality. |
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| 46 | 46 | | (c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed |
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| 47 | 47 | | its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the |
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| 48 | 48 | | lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of |
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| 49 | 49 | | representatives within the required time. |
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| 50 | 50 | | (d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this |
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| 51 | 51 | | state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect |
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| 52 | 52 | | to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled |
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| 53 | 53 | | and accomplished. |
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| 54 | 54 | | SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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