87R9101 SCL-F
By: Goodwin H.B. No. 2805
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the board of directors of a public utility agency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 572.057, Local Government Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (b-1) and
(c-1) to read as follows:
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), each [Each]
director must be appointed by place by the governing bodies of the
participating public entities. Each participating public entity is
entitled to appoint at least one director.
(b-1) If a public utility agency has a service area that
includes the unincorporated area of a county that is outside the
boundaries of the agency's participating public entities, the
commissioners court of the county may appoint the same number of
directors as the number appointed by the participating public
entity with the largest population that is less than the population
of the unincorporated area.
(c-1) A director must be a customer of the public utility
agency and reside within the area served by the agency.
SECTION 2. Section 572.057(c-1), Local Government Code, as
added by this Act, applies only to the term of a director that
begins on or after the effective date of this Act.
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, 2021.