Texas 2019 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB925 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/18/2019

                    86R6164 AAF-F
 By: Springer H.B. No. 925


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the composition of the board of directors of the Gateway
 Groundwater Conservation District.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 8839.051(a), Special District Local Laws
 Code, is amended to read as follows:
 (a)  The district is governed by a board of not more than two
 directors for each county in the district [in the manner provided by
 Section 36.051, Water Code].  The board may change the total number
 of directors on the board if the district annexes territory.
 SECTION 2.  (a)  The legal notice of the intention to
 introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
 Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
 copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
 officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
 under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
 Government Code.
 (b)  The governor, one of the required recipients, has
 submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
 Environmental Quality.
 (c)  The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
 its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the
 lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
 representatives within the required time.
 (d)  All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
 state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
 to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
 and accomplished.
 SECTION 3.  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, 2019.