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| 11 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 12 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 13 | 6 | | relating to the authority of a municipality to remove directors of |
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| 14 | 7 | | the North Texas Municipal Water District. |
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| 15 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 16 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 3(a), Chapter 62, Acts of the 52nd |
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| 17 | 10 | | Legislature, Regular Session, 1951, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 18 | 11 | | Sec. 3(a). All powers of the District shall be exercised by |
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| 19 | 12 | | a board of directors. Such directors shall be appointed by majority |
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| 20 | 13 | | vote for the governing body of each of the cities contained in the |
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| 21 | 14 | | District. In appointing the first directors for a city containing |
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| 22 | 15 | | 5,000 population or more according to the most recent Federal |
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| 23 | 16 | | Census, the governing body of such city shall appoint one director |
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| 24 | 17 | | who shall serve to and including May 31, 1952, and one who shall |
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| 25 | 18 | | serve to and including May 31, 1953. In May, 1952, and in May of |
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| 26 | 19 | | each year thereafter, the governing body of such city shall appoint |
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| 27 | 20 | | one director for the two year term beginning on June 1 of that year. |
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| 28 | 21 | | In appointing the first director for a city of less than 5,000 |
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| 29 | 22 | | population, according to the most recent Federal Census, the |
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| 30 | 23 | | governing body of such city shall appoint one director who shall |
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| 31 | 24 | | serve to and including May 31, 1952. In May, 1952, and in May of |
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| 32 | 25 | | each even year thereafter, the governing body shall appoint one |
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| 33 | 26 | | director for the two year term beginning on June 1 of that year. |
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| 34 | 27 | | Each director shall serve for his term of office as herein provided, |
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| 35 | 28 | | and thereafter until his successor shall be appointed and |
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| 36 | 29 | | qualified. Notwithstanding any other law, a director serves at the |
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| 37 | 30 | | pleasure of the governing body of the city that appointed the |
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| 38 | 31 | | director and may be removed by the governing body at any time |
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| 39 | 32 | | without cause. No person shall be appointed a director unless he |
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| 40 | 33 | | resides in and owns taxable property in the city from which he is |
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| 41 | 34 | | appointed. No member of a governing body of a city, and no employee |
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| 42 | 35 | | of a city, shall be appointed as director. Such directors shall |
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| 43 | 36 | | subscribe to the Constitutional oath of office, and each shall give |
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| 44 | 37 | | bond for the faithful performance of his duties in the amount of |
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| 45 | 38 | | $5,000.00, the cost of which shall be paid by the District. A |
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| 46 | 39 | | majority shall constitute a quorum. |
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| 47 | 40 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 48 | 41 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 49 | 42 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 50 | 43 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 51 | 44 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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