85R7546 AAF-F By: Nevárez H.B. No. 2364 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the disqualification of directors of the Middle Pecos Groundwater Conservation District. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 8851, Special District Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 8851.0545 to read as follows: Sec. 8851.0545. DISQUALIFICATION OF DIRECTORS. The board by unanimous vote of the board's remaining directors may remove a director only if that director has missed one-half or more of the regular meetings scheduled during the prior 12 months. SECTION 2. (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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.