By: Rodriguez S.B. No. 856
(In the Senate - Filed February 26, 2013; March 5, 2013,
read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources;
March 13, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9,
Nays 0; March 13, 2013, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the administration and management of elections and
public information of the El Paso County Water Improvement District
No. 1.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 9303.001, Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 9303.001. DEFINITIONS [DEFINITION]. In this chapter:
(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors.
(2) "Director" means a board member.
(3) "District"[, "district"] means the El Paso County
Water Improvement District No. 1.
SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 9303, Special District
Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Sections 9303.053 and
9303.054 to read as follows:
Sec. 9303.053. ADMINISTRATION OF ELECTIONS. (a) The
district shall contract with the elections administrator of El Paso
County to conduct an election held by the district.
(b) The district shall pay the costs of an election
conducted under Subsection (a).
Sec. 9303.054. PUBLIC INFORMATION. (a) The district shall
maintain an Internet website.
(b) The board shall make available on the district's
Internet website:
(1) campaign finance reports for each director;
(2) the meeting agenda and minutes for each open
meeting held by the board;
(3) archived video and audio for each open meeting
held by the board;
(4) the district's budget for the current year; and
(5) any audits of the district.
SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
an open meeting held by the El Paso County Water Improvement
District No. 1 on or after the effective date of this Act. An open
meeting that is held by that district before the effective date of
this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date of the open
meeting, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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