85R3982 DMS-F
By: Taylor of Collin S.B. No. 1239
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of a municipality to remove directors of
certain conservation and reclamation districts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 178, Local Government Code, is amended
by adding Subchapter Z to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER Z. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Sec. 178.901. REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS APPOINTED BY
MUNICIPALITY TO CERTAIN BOARDS. Notwithstanding any other law, a
director of a conservation and reclamation district created under
Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, who is appointed by
the governing body of a municipality, serves at the pleasure of the
governing body and may be removed by the governing body at any time
without cause.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2017.