| 6 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 5 | | relating to qualifications of members of the board of directors of |
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| 8 | 6 | | the Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District. |
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| 9 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Section 6(h), Chapter 1321, Acts of the 77th |
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| 11 | 9 | | Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, is repealed. |
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| 12 | 10 | | SECTION 2. (a) Any act or proceeding of the district, |
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| 13 | 11 | | including an election, not excepted by this section and taken |
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| 14 | 12 | | before the effective date of this Act, is validated and confirmed in |
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| 15 | 13 | | all respects. |
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| 16 | 14 | | (b) This section does not apply to: |
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| 17 | 15 | | (1) an act, proceeding, director, other official, |
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| 18 | 16 | | bond, or other obligation the validity of which or of whom is the |
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| 19 | 17 | | subject of litigation that is pending on the effective date of this |
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| 20 | 18 | | Act; or |
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| 21 | 19 | | (2) an act or proceeding that, under a statute of this |
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| 22 | 20 | | state or the United States, was a misdemeanor or felony at the time |
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| 23 | 21 | | the act or proceeding occurred. |
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| 24 | 22 | | SECTION 3. (a) The legal notice of the intention to |
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| 25 | 23 | | introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this |
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| 26 | 24 | | Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a |
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| 27 | 25 | | copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies, |
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| 28 | 26 | | officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished |
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| 29 | 27 | | under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313, |
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| 30 | 28 | | Government Code. |
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| 31 | 29 | | (b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has |
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| 32 | 30 | | submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on |
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| 33 | 31 | | Environmental Quality. |
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| 34 | 32 | | (c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed |
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| 35 | 33 | | its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the |
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| 36 | 34 | | lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of |
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| 37 | 35 | | representatives within the required time. |
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| 38 | 36 | | (d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this |
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| 39 | 37 | | state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect |
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| 40 | 38 | | to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled |
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| 41 | 39 | | and accomplished. |
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| 42 | 40 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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| 41 | + | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 42 | + | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 43 | + | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2049 passed the Senate on |
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| 44 | + | April 28, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 45 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 46 | + | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 47 | + | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2049 passed the House on |
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| 48 | + | May 23, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, two |
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| 49 | + | present not voting. |
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| 50 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 51 | + | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 52 | + | Approved: |
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| 53 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 54 | + | Date |
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| 55 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 56 | + | Governor |
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