Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

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1	1	86R1232 AAF-D
2	2	By: Nichols S.B. No. 770
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the board of directors of the Rayburn Country Municipal
8	8	Utility District.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Sections 7(a) and (e), Chapter 1086, Acts of the
11	11	70th Legislature, Regular Session, 1987, are amended to read as
12	12	follows:
13	13	(a) The district is governed by a board of five [seven]
14	14	directors.
15	15	(e) If any of the directors listed in Subsection (d) of this
16	16	section fails to qualify for office, the remaining directors shall
17	17	appoint someone to fill the vacancy for the unexpired term. If at
18	18	any time the number of qualified directors is less than three [four]
19	19	because of the failure or refusal of one or more directors to
20	20	qualify or serve, because of death or incapacitation, or for any
21	21	other reason, the Commissioners Court of Jasper County shall
22	22	appoint the necessary number of directors to fill all vacancies on
23	23	the board.
24	24	SECTION 2. Section 9, Chapter 1086, Acts of the 70th
25	25	Legislature, Regular Session, 1987, is amended to read as follows:
26	26	Sec. 9. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS. An [Beginning in the second
27	27	year following the confirmation and directors' election, an]
28	28	election shall be held on the uniform election date [third
29	29	Saturday] in May in each even-numbered year [every two years] to
30	30	elect the appropriate number of directors to the board.
31	31	SECTION 3. Section 7(g), Chapter 1086, Acts of the 70th
32	32	Legislature, Regular Session, 1987, is repealed.
33	33	SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act do not affect
34	34	the entitlement of a member serving on the board of directors of the
35	35	Rayburn Country Municipal Utility District immediately before the
36	36	effective date of this Act to continue to serve as a member of the
37	37	board for the remainder of the member's term. On expiration of the
38	38	term of the director serving in position 7, as designated by the
39	39	district, position 7 is abolished. On expiration of the term of the
40	40	director serving in position 6, as designated by the district,
41	41	position 6 is abolished.
42	42	SECTION 5. (a) The legal notice of the intention to
43	43	introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
44	44	Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
45	45	copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
46	46	officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
47	47	under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
48	48	Government Code.
49	49	(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has
50	50	submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
51	51	Environmental Quality.
52	52	(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
53	53	its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the
54	54	lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
55	55	representatives within the required time.
56	56	(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
57	57	state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
58	58	to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
59	59	and accomplished.
60	60	SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.