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1	1	By: Vasut H.B. No. 2694
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6	6	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
7	7	AN ACT
8	8	relating to the election, terms, and resignation of the board of
9	9	commissioners of the Brazoria Drainage District No. 4.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Section 7, Chapter 991, Acts of the 74th
12	12	Legislature, Regular Session, 1995, is amended by amending
13	13	Subsections (a) and (f) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as
14	14	follows:
15	15	(a) The district is managed by a board of three
16	16	commissioners as provided by Chapter 56, Water Code, and each holds
17	17	an elected office designated as Place No. 1, Place No. 2, or Place
18	18	No. 3. The board shall call and hold elections for the appropriate
19	19	number of commissioners on the uniform election date in May
20	20	[November] of each [oven] odd-numbered year. The [Notwithstanding
21	21	Section 56.063, Water Code, the] commissioners serve staggered
22	22	four-year terms, each beginning June [January] 1 of the year
23	23	[following] of the commissioner's election and continuing until the
24	24	commissioner's successor in office is elected and has qualified.
25	25	(a-1) If a commissioner announces the commissioner's
26	26	candidacy, or in fact becomes a candidate, in any general, special,
27	27	or primary election for any office of profit or trust under the laws
28	28	of this State or the United States other than the office of
29	29	commissioner for the district, at any time when the unexpired term
30	30	of office then held shall exceed one year and 30 days, such
31	31	announcement or candidacy shall constitute an automatic
32	32	resignation of the office of the commissioner.
33	33	(f) A vacancy in a commissioner's office or other board
34	34	office shall be filled by appointment by the remaining
35	35	commissioners if less than 290 days remain before the date of the
36	36	next regular election of one or more commissioners. [If the
37	37	commissioners do not agree on an appointment before the 61st day
38	38	after the date the vacancy occurs, the commissioners shall call and
39	39	hold a special election to fill the office before the 121st day
40	40	after the date the vacancy occurs].
41	41	SECTION 2. Sections 7(b), (c), (d), (e), and (i), Chapter
42	42	991, Acts of the 74th Legislature, Regular Session, 1995, are
43	43	repealed.
44	44	SECTION 3. (a) The Brazoria Drainage District No. 4 shall
45	45	hold the first election to elect commissioners for Place No. 1 and
46	46	Place No. 2 as described by Section 7(a), Chapter 991, Acts of the
47	47	74th Legislature, Regular Session, 1995, as amended by this Act, on
48	48	the uniform election date in May 2029.
49	49	(b) The Brazoria Drainage District No. 4 shall hold the
50	50	first election to elect the commissioner for Place No. 3 as
51	51	described by Section 7(a), Chapter 991, Acts of the 74th
52	52	Legislature, Regular Session, 1995, as amended by this Act, on the
53	53	uniform election date in May 2027.
54	54	(c) The terms of the commissioners for Place No. 1 and Place
55	55	No. 2 serving on the board of commissioners of the Brazoria
56	56	Drainage District No. 4 on the effective date of this Act expire on
57	57	the later of May 31, 2029, or the date the commissioners elected
58	58	under Subsection (a) of this section have qualified.
59	59	(d) The term of the commissioner for Place No. 3 serving on
60	60	the board of commissioners of the Brazoria Drainage District No. 4
61	61	immediately before the date of the election held under Subsection
62	62	(b) of this section expires on the later of May 31, 2027, or the date
63	63	the commissioner elected under that subsection has qualified.
64	64	SECTION 4. (a) The legal notice of the intention to
65	65	introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
66	66	Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
67	67	copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
68	68	officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
69	69	under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
70	70	Government Code.
71	71	(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has
72	72	submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
73	73	Environmental Quality.
74	74	(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
75	75	its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the
76	76	lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
77	77	representatives within the required time.
78	78	(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
79	79	state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
80	80	to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
81	81	and accomplished.
82	82	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
83	83	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
84	84	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
85	85	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
86	86	Act takes effect September 1, 2025.