S.B. No. 1117
AN ACT
relating to the composition of the board of directors of the Fort
Bend Subsidence District, including a director's qualifications
and term.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 8834.051, Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended by amending Subsections (a), (e), and (i) and
adding Subsection (g-1) to read as follows:
(a) The district is governed by a board of 17 [15] directors
appointed as provided by this section.
(e) The mayor of each of the following municipalities shall
appoint a director from the mayor's respective municipality:
(1) Houston;
(2) Missouri City;
(3) Stafford;
(4) Sugar Land;
(5) Rosenberg; [and]
(6) Richmond; and
(7) Fulshear.
(g-1) The mayors described by Subsections (e) and (g)
jointly shall appoint one director who represents the district at
large.
(i) The directors shall serve staggered terms as follows:
(1) five members appointed under Subsection (e) and
four members appointed under Subsection (f) shall serve terms
expiring on January 1 of odd-numbered years; and
(2) two members [one member] appointed under
Subsection (e), two members appointed under Subsection (f), one
member appointed under Subsection (g), one member appointed under
Subsection (g-1), and two members appointed under Subsection (h)
shall serve terms expiring on January 1 of even-numbered years.
SECTION 2. Not later than November 1, 2021, the appropriate
appointing authorities shall appoint members of the board of
directors of the Fort Bend Subsidence District as provided by
Section 8834.051, Special District Local Laws Code, as amended by
this Act.
SECTION 3. The Fort Bend Subsidence District retains all
the rights, powers, privileges, authority, duties, and functions
that it had before the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 4. (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 5. 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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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1117 passed the Senate on
April 19, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that
the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 27, 2021, by the
following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1117 passed the House, with
amendment, on May 18, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 128,
Nays 9, two present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor