| 1 | 1 | | 87R6663 CXP-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Gates H.B. No. 2999 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the composition of the board of directors of the Fort |
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| 8 | 8 | | Bend Subsidence District, including a director's qualifications |
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| 9 | 9 | | and term. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Section 8834.051, Special District Local Laws |
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| 12 | 12 | | Code, is amended by amending Subsections (a), (e), and (i) to read |
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| 13 | 13 | | as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (a) The district is governed by a board of 16 [15] directors |
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| 15 | 15 | | appointed as provided by this section. |
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| 16 | 16 | | (e) The mayor of each of the following municipalities shall |
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| 17 | 17 | | appoint a director from the mayor's respective municipality: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (1) Houston; |
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| 19 | 19 | | (2) Missouri City; |
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| 20 | 20 | | (3) Stafford; |
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| 21 | 21 | | (4) Sugar Land; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (5) Rosenberg; [and] |
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| 23 | 23 | | (6) Richmond; and |
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| 24 | 24 | | (7) Fulshear. |
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| 25 | 25 | | (i) The directors shall serve staggered terms as follows: |
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| 26 | 26 | | (1) five members appointed under Subsection (e) and |
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| 27 | 27 | | four members appointed under Subsection (f) shall serve terms |
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| 28 | 28 | | expiring on January 1 of odd-numbered years; and |
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| 29 | 29 | | (2) two members [one member] appointed under |
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| 30 | 30 | | Subsection (e), two members appointed under Subsection (f), one |
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| 31 | 31 | | member appointed under Subsection (g), and two members appointed |
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| 32 | 32 | | under Subsection (h) shall serve terms expiring on January 1 of |
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| 33 | 33 | | even-numbered years. |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 2. Not later than November 1, 2021, the mayor of the |
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| 35 | 35 | | City of Fulshear shall appoint a member of the board of directors of |
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| 36 | 36 | | the Fort Bend Subsidence District as provided by Section 8834.051, |
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| 37 | 37 | | Special District Local Laws Code, as amended by this Act. |
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| 38 | 38 | | SECTION 3. The Fort Bend Subsidence District retains all |
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| 39 | 39 | | the rights, powers, privileges, authority, duties, and functions |
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| 40 | 40 | | that it had before the effective date of this Act. |
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| 41 | 41 | | SECTION 4. (a) The legal notice of the intention to |
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| 42 | 42 | | introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this |
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| 43 | 43 | | Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a |
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| 44 | 44 | | copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies, |
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| 45 | 45 | | officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished |
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| 46 | 46 | | under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313, |
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| 47 | 47 | | Government Code. |
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| 48 | 48 | | (b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has |
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| 49 | 49 | | submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on |
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| 50 | 50 | | Environmental Quality. |
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| 51 | 51 | | (c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed |
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| 52 | 52 | | its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the |
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| 53 | 53 | | lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of |
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| 54 | 54 | | representatives within the required time. |
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| 55 | 55 | | (d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this |
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| 56 | 56 | | state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect |
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| 57 | 57 | | to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled |
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| 58 | 58 | | and accomplished. |
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| 59 | 59 | | SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 60 | 60 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 61 | 61 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 62 | 62 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 63 | 63 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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