By: Nichols, et al. S.B. No. 2049
(Bell)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to qualifications of members of the board of directors of
the Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 6(h), Chapter 1321, Acts of the 77th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, is repealed.
SECTION 2. (a) Any act or proceeding of the district,
including an election, not excepted by this section and taken
before the effective date of this Act, is validated and confirmed in
all respects.
(b) This section does not apply to:
(1) an act, proceeding, director, other official,
bond, or other obligation the validity of which or of whom is the
subject of litigation that is pending on the effective date of this
Act; or
(2) an act or proceeding that, under a statute of this
state or the United States, was a misdemeanor or felony at the time
the act or proceeding occurred.
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 September 1, 2015.