S.B. No. 726 AN ACT relating to elections held by the Panhandle Groundwater Conservation District. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Sections 1B(b) and (c), Chapter 19, Acts of the 55th Legislature, Regular Session, 1957, are amended to read as follows: (b) A directors' election shall be held on the uniform election date in May [third Saturday in January] in each odd-numbered [even-numbered] year to elect the appropriate number of directors. (c) Except as provided by this section, a directors' election is held as provided by [Chapter 51, Water Code, and] the [Texas] Election Code. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. ______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I hereby certify that S.B. No. 726 passed the Senate on April 3, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate I hereby certify that S.B. No. 726 passed the House on May 19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, two present not voting. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House Approved: ______________________________ Date ______________________________ Governor