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| 4 | 6 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 7 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 8 | | relating to representatives on groundwater management areas. |
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| 7 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 36.108, Texas Water Code, Subsection (a) |
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| 9 | 11 | | is amended to read as follows: |
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| 10 | 12 | | Sec. 36.108. JOINT PLANNING IN MANAGEMENT AREA. (a) In |
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| 11 | 13 | | this section: |
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| 12 | 14 | | (1) "Development board" means the Texas Water |
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| 13 | 15 | | Development Board. |
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| 14 | 16 | | (2) "District representative" means the presiding |
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| 15 | 17 | | officer or the presiding officer's designee for any district |
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| 16 | 18 | | located wholly or partly in the management area or, where a county |
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| 17 | 19 | | does not have a district, any person appointed by the county |
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| 18 | 20 | | commissioners. |
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| 19 | 21 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 20 | 22 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 21 | 23 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 22 | 24 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 23 | 25 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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