85R17625 GRM-F
By: Miller H.B. No. 3789
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3789:
By: Larson C.S.H.B. No. 3789
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the appointment and election of levee improvement
district directors.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 57.051, Water Code, is amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 57.051. APPOINTMENT OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS. (a) The
commissioners court which creates a levee improvement district
under this chapter, by majority vote, shall appoint three directors
for the district.
(b) In a district with a population of 2,000 or more the
commissioners court may increase the total number of directors to
five. The additional members appointed under this section must be
registered voters in the district.
SECTION 2. Section 57.058, Water Code, is amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 57.058. NUMBER OF ELECTED DIRECTORS; TERMS. In
districts which have elected boards, there shall be five directors
on the board. All five directors [In countywide districts, one
director] shall be elected by the electors of the entire district.
The initial elected directors shall draw lots to determine which
two initial directors serve two-year terms and which three initial
directors serve four-year terms [and one director elected from each
county commissioners precinct by the electors of that precinct. In
other districts, all five directors shall be elected from precincts
within the district to be established by the commissioners court].
SECTION 3. Section 57.060, Water Code, is amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 57.060. PETITION. Before an election is held under
Section 57.057, a petition, signed by the greater of at least 10
percent of the total number of [100] electors or 100 electors in the
district who are qualified to vote, shall be presented to the
district requesting that an election be held in the district to
determine whether or not directors for the district should be
elected [and, if so, to elect directors to serve until the next
regular director election. The petition shall include the name of
one or more nominees for each director's position]. If the results
of an election held under Section 57.057 determine that directors
will be elected, the current directors continue to serve until the
elected directors qualify to take office.
SECTION 4. The changes in law made by Section 57.058, Water
Code, as amended by this Act, apply only to an election of directors
held on or after the effective date of this Act. An election of
directors held before the effective date of this Act is subject to
the law in effect on the date the election is held, and that law is
continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.