By: Huffines S.B. No. 1345
(In the Senate - Filed March 11, 2015; March 18, 2015, read
first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental
Relations; April 30, 2015, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; April 30, 2015, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to quorum and voting requirements for the transaction of
business by the board of the Irving Flood Control District Section
III of Dallas County.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 7805, Special District
Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 7805.054 to read as
follows:
Sec. 7805.054. QUORUM; VOTE REQUIRED. A quorum consists of
three directors. An action or recommendation of the board
requiring a vote of the board is not valid unless:
(1) the action or recommendation is approved by a
record vote taken at a meeting of the board with a quorum present;
and
(2) the action or recommendation receives at least
three affirmative votes by board members.
SECTION 2. (a) All governmental and proprietary actions
and proceedings of the Irving Flood Control District Section III of
Dallas County taken before the effective date of this Act are
validated, ratified, and confirmed in all respects as of the dates
on which they occurred.
(b) This section does not apply to any matter that on the
effective date of this Act:
(1) is involved in litigation if the litigation
ultimately results in the matter being held invalid by a final court
judgement; or
(2) has been held invalid by a final court judgment.
SECTION 3. 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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