By: Williams S.B. No. 324
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the period for confirmation and the terms of the
temporary directors of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility
District No. 117.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 8268.021, Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections
(c) and (d) to read as follows:
(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:
(1) the date initial directors are elected under
Section 8268.023; or
(2) September 1, 2013 [the date this subchapter
expires under Section 8268.025].
(c) If initial directors have not been elected under Section
8268.023 and the terms of the temporary directors have expired,
successor temporary directors shall be appointed or reappointed as
provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that expire on the earlier
of:
(1) the date initial directors are elected under
Section 8268.023; or
(2) the fourth anniversary of the date of the
appointment or reappointment.
(d) If Subsection (c) applies, the owner or owners of a
majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district
may submit a petition to the Texas Commission on Environmental
Quality requesting that the commission appoint as successor
temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The
commission shall appoint as successor temporary directors the five
persons named in the petition.
SECTION 2. Sections 8268.003 and 8268.025, Special District
Local Laws Code, are repealed.
SECTION 3. (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 4. 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.