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| 2 | 2 | | By: Lambert H.B. No. 2630 |
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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 eligibility to serve as a member of the board of |
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| 8 | 8 | | directors of the West Central Texas Municipal Water District. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Sections 3(a), (b), (c), and (d), Chapter 66, |
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| 11 | 11 | | Acts of the 54th Legislature, Regular Session, 1955, are amended to |
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| 12 | 12 | | read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (a) All powers of the District shall be exercised by a Board |
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| 14 | 14 | | of Directors. Each city in the district[, each of whom] shall |
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| 15 | 15 | | appoint a person to the Board of Directors, as provided by this |
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| 16 | 16 | | section, [be appointed] by majority vote of the governing body of a |
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| 17 | 17 | | [the] city [in which he resides]. |
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| 18 | 18 | | (b) The number of Directors to be appointed by [from] each |
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| 19 | 19 | | city in the District shall be governed by the population of the |
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| 20 | 20 | | city, according to the most recent Federal Census, as follows: |
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| 21 | 21 | | (1) each [Each] city having a population of ten |
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| 22 | 22 | | thousand (10,000) or less, shall appoint two (2) Directors; and |
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| 23 | 23 | | (2) each [Each] city having a population of more than |
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| 24 | 24 | | ten thousand (10,000), shall appoint two (2) Directors plus one (1) |
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| 25 | 25 | | Director for each ten thousand (10,000) population or part thereof |
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| 26 | 26 | | over ten thousand (10,000), provided however, that no city shall |
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| 27 | 27 | | appoint more than one-half (1/2) of the members of the Board. |
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| 28 | 28 | | (c) In [the appointment of Directors from each city which is |
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| 29 | 29 | | entitled to appoint more than one (1) Director, not less than one |
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| 30 | 30 | | (1) Director shall serve to and including May 31, 1956, and not less |
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| 31 | 31 | | than one (1) shall serve to and including May 31, 1957, the |
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| 32 | 32 | | Directors to serve for the short term and those to serve for the |
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| 33 | 33 | | long term shall be specified by the governing body of the city; in |
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| 34 | 34 | | May of 1956 and in] May of each year the governing body of each |
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| 35 | 35 | | [such] city shall appoint the necessary Director or Directors for |
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| 36 | 36 | | the two (2) year term beginning June 1st of that year. The first |
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| 37 | 37 | | Director appointed by [from] any city, hereafter annexed to the |
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| 38 | 38 | | District, which is entitled to only one (1) Director, may be |
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| 39 | 39 | | appointed for a term ending on a May 31st not more than two (2) years |
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| 40 | 40 | | from date of appointment. The subsequent Director or Directors |
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| 41 | 41 | | shall be appointed as provided above. |
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| 42 | 42 | | (d) Each Director shall serve for the Director's [his] term |
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| 43 | 43 | | of office as herein provided, and thereafter until a [his] |
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| 44 | 44 | | successor shall be appointed and qualified. No person shall be |
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| 45 | 45 | | appointed a Director unless the person [he] resides in and owns |
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| 46 | 46 | | taxable property in a county in which the city that [from which he |
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| 47 | 47 | | is] appointed the person is located. No member of a governing body |
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| 48 | 48 | | of a city, and no employee of a city shall be appointed as Director. |
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| 49 | 49 | | Such Directors shall subscribe the Constitutional oath of office, |
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| 50 | 50 | | and each shall give bond for the faithful performance of the |
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| 51 | 51 | | Director's [his] duties in the amount of Five Thousand Dollars |
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| 52 | 52 | | ($5,000), the cost of which shall be paid by the District. A |
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| 53 | 53 | | majority shall constitute a quorum. If any Director no longer |
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| 54 | 54 | | resides in and owns taxable property in a county in which the city |
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| 55 | 55 | | that appointed the Director is located [moves from the city from |
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| 56 | 56 | | which he is appointed], the governing body of such city shall |
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| 57 | 57 | | appoint a Director to succeed that Director [him], for the |
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| 58 | 58 | | unexpired term. |
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| 59 | 59 | | SECTION 2. The West Central Texas Municipal Water District |
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| 60 | 60 | | retains all rights, powers, privileges, authority, duties, and |
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| 61 | 61 | | functions that it had before the effective date of this Act. |
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| 62 | 62 | | SECTION 3. (a) The legal notice of the intention to |
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| 63 | 63 | | introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this |
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| 64 | 64 | | Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a |
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| 65 | 65 | | copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies, |
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| 66 | 66 | | officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished |
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| 67 | 67 | | under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313, |
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| 68 | 68 | | Government Code. |
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| 69 | 69 | | (b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has |
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| 70 | 70 | | submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on |
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| 71 | 71 | | Environmental Quality. |
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| 72 | 72 | | (c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed |
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| 73 | 73 | | its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the |
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| 74 | 74 | | lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of |
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| 75 | 75 | | representatives within the required time. |
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| 76 | 76 | | (d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this |
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| 77 | 77 | | state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect |
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| 78 | 78 | | to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled |
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| 79 | 79 | | and accomplished. |
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| 80 | 80 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 81 | 81 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 82 | 82 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 83 | 83 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 84 | 84 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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