By: Hegar S.B. No. 1825
(In the Senate - Filed March 13, 2013; March 20, 2013, read
first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental
Relations; April 4, 2013, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; April 4, 2013, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the composition of the board of directors of the Fort
Bend Subsidence District.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 8834.051, Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended by amending Subsections (a) and (d) and adding
Subsections (h) and (i) to read as follows:
(a) The district is governed by a board of 15 [13] directors
appointed as provided by this section.
(d) The persons designated by Subsections (e), (f), [and]
(g), and (h) shall appoint directors in January to fill vacancies
caused by the expiration of directors' terms. The district shall
mail notice regarding the necessity of an appointment to the
persons designated by Subsections (e), (f), [and] (g), and (h) not
later than the 20th day before the date of the board's January
meeting.
(h) The board of directors of the North Fort Bend Water
Authority shall appoint two directors.
(i) The directors shall serve staggered terms as follows:
(1) five members appointed under Subsection (e) and
four members appointed under Subsection (f) shall serve terms
expiring on January 1 of odd-numbered years; and
(2) one member appointed under Subsection (e), two
members appointed under Subsection (f), one member appointed under
Subsection (g), and two members appointed under Subsection (h)
shall serve terms expiring on January 1 of even-numbered years.
SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date
of this Act, the board of directors of the North Fort Bend Water
Authority shall appoint two members of the board of directors of the
Fort Bend Subsidence District as provided by Section 8834.051,
Special District Local Laws Code, as amended by this Act.
SECTION 3. The Fort Bend Subsidence District retains all
the rights, powers, privileges, authority, duties, and functions
that it had before the effective date of 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, 2013.
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