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| 1 | 1 | 85R3982 DMS-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Leach H.B. No. 623 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the authority of a municipality to remove directors of | |
| 8 | 8 | certain conservation and reclamation districts. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Chapter 178, Local Government Code, is amended | |
| 11 | 11 | by adding Subchapter Z to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | SUBCHAPTER Z. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS | |
| 13 | 13 | Sec. 178.901. REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS APPOINTED BY | |
| 14 | 14 | MUNICIPALITY TO CERTAIN BOARDS. Notwithstanding any other law, a | |
| 15 | 15 | director of a conservation and reclamation district created under | |
| 16 | 16 | Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, who is appointed by | |
| 17 | 17 | the governing body of a municipality, serves at the pleasure of the | |
| 18 | 18 | governing body and may be removed by the governing body at any time | |
| 19 | 19 | without cause. | |
| 20 | 20 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 21 | 21 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 22 | 22 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 23 | 23 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 24 | 24 | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |