By: Fraser S.B. No. 168
(Farney)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the election of members of the board of directors of the
Central Texas Groundwater Conservation District.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Section 8810.051, Special
District Local Laws Code, is amended to read as follows:
(b) Directors serve staggered four-year terms, with two or
three directors' terms expiring at the first meeting of the board
after the November election in even-numbered years and after the
board has canvassed the votes and the newly elected directors have
qualified for office and taken the constitutional oath [June 1 of
each even-numbered year].
SECTION 2. Section 8810.053, Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 8810.053. ELECTION DATE. The district shall hold an
election to elect the appropriate number of directors on the
uniform election date prescribed by Section 41.001, Election Code,
in November [May] of each even-numbered year.
SECTION 3. A director of the board of the Central Texas
Groundwater Conservation District 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 2014 shall continue
to serve until the director's successor has qualified for office
and taken the constitutional oath following the directors' election
held on November 4, 2014, in accordance with Sections 8810.051 and
8810.053, Special District Local Laws Code, as amended by this Act.
A director whose term expires in May 2016 shall continue to serve
until the director's successor has qualified for office and taken
the constitutional oath following the directors' election held on
November 8, 2016.
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 September 1, 2013.