| 1 | 1 | | By: Hancock S.B. No. 1837 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Filed March 18, 2013; March 20, 2013, read |
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| 3 | 3 | | first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental |
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| 4 | 4 | | Relations; April 11, 2013, reported favorably by the following |
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| 5 | 5 | | vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; April 11, 2013, sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | 7 | | |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT |
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| 10 | 10 | | relating to the appointment of directors for the Viridian Municipal |
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| 11 | 11 | | Management District. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Section 3861.052, Special District Local Laws |
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| 14 | 14 | | Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | Sec. 3861.052. APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS [ELECTION DATE]. |
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| 16 | 16 | | The mayor and members of the governing body of the city shall |
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| 17 | 17 | | appoint directors. A person is appointed if the majority of those |
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| 18 | 18 | | members and the mayor vote to appoint that person [The board shall |
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| 19 | 19 | | hold elections for directors on the uniform election date in May in |
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| 20 | 20 | | even-numbered years]. |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act do not affect |
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| 22 | 22 | | the entitlement of a director serving on the board of directors of |
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| 23 | 23 | | the Viridian Municipal Management District immediately before the |
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| 24 | 24 | | effective date of this Act to continue to carry out the board's |
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| 25 | 25 | | functions for the remainder of the director's term. As the |
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| 26 | 26 | | directors' terms expire, the mayor and members of the governing |
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| 27 | 27 | | body of the city shall replace the elected directors beginning with |
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| 28 | 28 | | the directors whose terms expire May 31, 2014. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 30 | 30 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 31 | 31 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 32 | 32 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 33 | 33 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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| 34 | 34 | | * * * * * |
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