86R2146 SLB-D
By: Nevárez H.B. No. 2663
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the presiding officers of the boards of directors of
river authorities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Title 5, Water Code, is amended by designating
Chapter 152 as Subtitle A and adding a subtitle heading to read as
follows:
SUBTITLE A. RIVER AUTHORITIES
SECTION 2. Subtitle A, Title 5, Water Code, as added by this
Act, is amended by adding Chapter 150 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 150. PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO RIVER AUTHORITIES
Sec. 150.0001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Board" means the board of directors of a river
authority.
(2) "River authority" means a district created under
the authority of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, as a
regional water management entity to provide water development and
planning services and other services to a river basin or portion of
a river basin.
Sec. 150.0002. PRESIDING OFFICER. The governor shall
designate a member of the board of a river authority as the
presiding officer of the board to serve in that capacity at the
pleasure of the governor.
SECTION 3. (a) In this section, "river authority" means a
district created under the authority of Section 59, Article XVI,
Texas Constitution, as a regional water management entity to
provide water development and planning services and other services
to a river basin or portion of a river basin.
(b) For each river authority for which the governor was not
required to designate a presiding officer of the board of directors
for that river authority before the effective date of this Act, the
governor shall designate a presiding officer of the board of
directors of the river authority not later than January 31, 2020.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.