By: Miller of Comal (Senate Sponsor - Fraser) H.B. No. 1819
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 4, 2015;
May 5, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
Agriculture, Water, and Rural Affairs; May 12, 2015, reported
favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 12, 2015,
sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the date for the election of directors of the Hill
Country Underground Water Conservation District.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 8844.104, Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 8844.104. ELECTION DATE. Each odd-numbered
[even-numbered] year, the board shall hold an election in the
district on the uniform election date in May [November] to elect the
appropriate number of directors. Section 41.001(a)(2), Election
Code, does not apply to the district.
SECTION 2. The board of directors of the Hill Country
Underground Water Conservation District shall adjust the terms of
office to conform to a change in the election date made by this Act.
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, 2015.
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