Texas 2023 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB5025 Comm Sub / Bill

Filed 04/24/2023

                    88R13110 ANG-F
 By: Zwiener, Isaac H.B. No. 5025
 Substitute the following for H.B. No. 5025:
 By:  King of Uvalde C.S.H.B. No. 5025


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the boundaries of the single-member districts for and
 vacancies on the board of directors of the Hays Trinity Groundwater
 Conservation District.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 8843.056(c), Special District Local Laws
 Code, is amended to read as follows:
 (c)  When the boundaries of the single-member districts are
 changed [At the first election after the single-member districts
 are revised], a [new] director in office on the effective date of
 the change, or elected or appointed before the effective date of the
 change to a term of office beginning on or after the effective date
 of the change, is entitled to serve the term or the remainder of the
 term in the single-member district to which the director was
 elected or appointed even though the change in boundaries places
 the director's residence outside the single-member district for
 which the director was elected or appointed [shall be elected from
 each district.  The directors shall draw lots to determine which two
 directors serve one-year terms and which three directors serve
 two-year terms].
 SECTION 2.  Section 8843.055, Special District Local Laws
 Code, is repealed.
 SECTION 3.  The selection of terms of the board of directors
 that occurred before the effective date of this Act and in
 accordance with Section 8843.056(c), Special District Local Laws
 Code, is validated and confirmed.
 SECTION 4.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
 to a change in the boundaries of the single-member districts from
 which the members of the board of directors of the Hays Trinity
 Groundwater Conservation District are elected that is made on or
 after the effective date of this Act.  A change in the boundaries of
 the single-member districts that is made before the effective date
 of this Act is governed by the law as it existed immediately before
 the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect
 for that purpose.
 SECTION 5.  (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 6.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.