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2	2	By: Bell of Montgomery H.B. No. 5698
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the name of and appointment of directors for the
10	10	Harris-Montgomery Counties Management District.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. The heading to Chapter 3891, Special District
13	13	Local Laws Code, is amended to read as follows:
14	14	CHAPTER 3891. SOUTHEAST REGIONAL [HARRIS-MONTGOMERY COUNTIES]
15	15	MANAGEMENT DISTRICT
16	16	SECTION 2. Section 3891.001(3), Special District Local Laws
17	17	Code, is amended to read as follows:
18	18	(3) "District" means the Southeast Regional
19	19	[Harris-Montgomery Counties] Management District.
20	20	SECTION 3. Section 3891.002, Special District Local Laws
21	21	Code, is amended to read as follows:
22	22	Sec. 3891.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT. The Southeast Regional
23	23	[Harris-Montgomery Counties] Management District is a special
24	24	district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
25	25	SECTION 4. Sections 3891.052(a) and (e), Special District
26	26	Local Laws Code, are amended to read as follows:
27	27	(a) The board shall:
28	28	(1) recommend to the Harris County Commissioners Court
29	29	persons to serve on a [the] succeeding board; or
30	30	(2) petition the Texas Commission on Environmental
31	31	Quality to appoint persons to serve on a succeeding board.
32	32	(e) If the board petitions the Texas Commission on
33	33	Environmental Quality under Subsection (a) for the appointment of
34	34	persons to serve on a succeeding board [any provision of
35	35	Subsections (a) through (d) is found to be invalid], the commission
36	36	[Texas Commission on Environmental Quality] shall appoint the
37	37	succeeding board from recommendations of persons to serve on the
38	38	succeeding board submitted by the board.
39	39	SECTION 5. (a) The legal notice of the intention to
40	40	introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
41	41	Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
42	42	copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
43	43	officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
44	44	under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
45	45	Government Code.
46	46	(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has
47	47	submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
48	48	Environmental Quality.
49	49	(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
50	50	its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the
51	51	lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
52	52	representatives within the required time.
53	53	(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
54	54	state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
55	55	to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
56	56	and accomplished.
57	57	SECTION 6. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
58	58	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
59	59	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
60	60	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
61	61	Act takes effect September 1, 2025.