By: Goodwin (Senate Sponsor - Buckingham) H.B. No. 4585
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 2021;
May 10, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Local
Government; May 14, 2021, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 14, 2021, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the election of members of the board of directors of the
Travis County Water Control and Improvement District No. 17.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 9017, Special District Local Laws Code,
is amended by adding Subchapter C to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER C. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Sec. 9017.101. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. (a) The district is
governed by a board of five directors.
(b) Directors serve staggered four-year terms, with two or
three directors' terms expiring at the first meeting of the board
after the November election in even-numbered years and after the
board has canvassed the votes and the newly elected directors have
qualified for office and taken the constitutional oath.
Sec. 9017.102. ELECTION DATE. The district shall hold an
election to elect the appropriate number of directors on the
uniform election date prescribed by Section 41.001, Election Code,
in November of each even-numbered year.
SECTION 2. A director of the board of the Travis County
Water Control and Improvement District No. 17 who is serving on the
day before the effective date of this Act shall serve until the
director's term expires. A director whose term expires in May 2022
shall continue to serve until the director's successor has
qualified for office and taken the constitutional oath following
the directors' election held on November 8, 2022, in accordance
with Sections 9017.101 and 9017.102, Special District Local Laws
Code, as added by this Act. A director whose term expires in May
2024 shall continue to serve until the director's successor has
qualified for office and taken the constitutional oath following
the directors' election held on November 5, 2024.
SECTION 3. (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 4. 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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