Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

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1		-	85R17625 GRM-F
2	1		By: Miller H.B. No. 3789
3		-	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3789:
4		-	By: Larson C.S.H.B. No. 3789
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7	4		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	5		AN ACT
9		-	relating to the appointment and election of levee improvement
10		-	district directors.
	6	+	relating to the election of levee improvement district directors.
11	7		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	8		SECTION 1. Section 57.051, Water Code, is amended to read as
13	9		follows:
14	10		Sec. 57.051. APPOINTMENT OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS. (a) The
15	11		commissioners court which creates a levee improvement district
16	12		under this chapter, by majority vote, shall appoint three directors
17	13		for the district.
18		-	(b) In a district with a population of 2,000 or more the
19		-	commissioners court may increase the total number of directors to
20		-	five. The additional members appointed under this section must be
21		-	registered voters in the district.
	14	+	(b) The governing body of a levee improvement district
	15	+	consisting of three directors appointed by commissioners court may
	16	+	petition commissioners court to increase the total number of
	17	+	directors serving on the governing body of the levee improvement
	18	+	district. Upon receipt of a petition under this subsection,
	19	+	commissioners court may appoint up to two additional directors to
	20	+	serve on the governing body of the district.
22	21		SECTION 2. Section 57.058, Water Code, is amended to read as
23	22		follows:
24	23		Sec. 57.058. NUMBER OF ELECTED DIRECTORS; TERMS. In
25	24		districts which have elected boards, there shall be five directors
26	25		on the board. All five directors [In countywide districts, one
27	26		director] shall be elected by the electors of the entire district.
28	27		The initial elected directors shall draw lots to determine which
29	28		two initial directors serve two-year terms and which three initial
30	29		directors serve four-year terms [and one director elected from each
31	30		county commissioners precinct by the electors of that precinct. In
32	31		other districts, all five directors shall be elected from precincts
33	32		within the district to be established by the commissioners court].
34	33		SECTION 3. Section 57.060, Water Code, is amended to read as
35	34		follows:
36	35		Sec. 57.060. PETITION. Before an election is held under
37		-	Section 57.057, a petition, signed by the greater of at least 10
38		-	percent of the total number of [100] electors or 100 electors in the
39		-	district who are qualified to vote, shall be presented to the
40		-	district requesting that an election be held in the district to
41		-	determine whether or not directors for the district should be
42		-	elected [and, if so, to elect directors to serve until the next
43		-	regular director election. The petition shall include the name of
44		-	one or more nominees for each director's position]. If the results
45		-	of an election held under Section 57.057 determine that directors
46		-	will be elected, the current directors continue to serve until the
47		-	elected directors qualify to take office.
	36	+	Section 57.057, a petition, signed by at least 10 percent of the
	37	+	total number of [100] electors in the district who are qualified to
	38	+	vote, shall be presented to the district requesting that an
	39	+	election be held in the district to determine whether or not
	40	+	directors for the district should be elected [and, if so, to elect
	41	+	directors to serve until the next regular director election. The
	42	+	petition shall include the name of one or more nominees for each
	43	+	director's position].
	44	+	If the results of an election held under
	45	+	Section 57.057 determine that directors will be elected, the
	46	+	current directors continue to serve until the elected directors
	47	+	qualify to take office.
48	48		SECTION 4. The changes in law made by Section 57.058, Water
49	49		Code, as amended by this Act, apply only to an election of directors
50	50		held on or after the effective date of this Act. An election of
51	51		directors held before the effective date of this Act is subject to
52	52		the law in effect on the date the election is held, and that law is
53	53		continued in effect for that purpose.
54	54		SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.