By: Ashby (Senate Sponsor - Nichols) H.B. No. 4356
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 12, 2021;
May 12, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Local
Government; May 22, 2021, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 22, 2021, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the qualifications of directors of certain municipal
development districts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 377.051(e), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(e) Notwithstanding Subsection (d), a person may qualify to
serve as a director of a district if the person resides in the
independent school district that serves the majority of the
district and the district [that] is located in a municipality:
(1) with a population of more than 5,000 and less than
6,000 and that is located wholly in a county with a population of
more than 20,000 and less than 25,000 and that borders the Brazos
River; or
(2) with a population of more than 1,488 and less than
2,500 and that is located wholly in a county with a population of
more than 20,000 and less than 30,000 that borders the Neches River
and the Trinity River [if the person resides in the independent
school district that serves the majority of the district].
SECTION 2. 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.
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