89R22241 SCF-F
By: Blanco S.B. No. 3044
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the composition of the board of directors and the powers
of the Presidio County Underground Water Conservation District.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 5, Chapter 453, Acts of the 73rd
Legislature, Regular Session, 1993, is amended to read as follows:
SECTION 5. POWERS. (a) The district has all of the rights,
powers, privileges, authority, functions, and duties provided by
the general law of this state, including Chapters 50 and 52, Water
Code, applicable to groundwater [underground water] conservation
districts created under Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas
Constitution. This Act prevails over any provision of general law
that is in conflict or inconsistent with this Act.
(b) The rights, powers, privileges, authority, functions,
and duties of the district are subject to the continuing right of
supervision of the state to be exercised by and through the Texas
[Water] Commission on Environmental Quality.
(c) Section 36.121, Water Code, does not apply to the
district.
SECTION 2. Section 6, Chapter 453, Acts of the 73rd
Legislature, Regular Session, 1993, is amended by amending
Subsections (a), (g), and (h) and adding Subsections (d-1) and
(d-2) to read as follows:
(a) The district is governed by a board of seven [five]
directors.
(d-1) One member of the board shall be appointed by the
governing body of the City of Marfa.
(d-2) One member of the board shall be appointed by the
governing body of the City of Presidio.
(g) A [If there is a] vacancy on the board shall be filled
for the unexpired term in the same manner provided for the
appointment of the position [, the commissioners court of Presidio
County, as appropriate, shall appoint a director to serve the
remainder of the term].
(h) An appointing entity [The commissioners court of
Presidio County, as appropriate,] shall appoint a director to
succeed a director appointed by that entity on or before the date
the director's term expires.
SECTION 3. Section 6(e), Chapter 453, Acts of the 73rd
Legislature, Regular Session, 1993, is repealed.
SECTION 4. (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 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2025.