Bill Text: TX HB1004 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the selection of the board of directors of municipal management districts created under general law.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-23 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB1004 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1004-Introduced.html
87R5424 SMT-D | ||
By: Gates | H.B. No. 1004 |
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relating to the selection of the board of directors of municipal | ||
management districts created under general law. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 375, Local Government | ||
Code, is amended by adding Section 375.0635 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 375.0635. DIRECTOR ELECTION. (a) Directors of a | ||
district created by commission order under Subchapter B, other than | ||
those appointed under Section 375.026 or 375.066, are elected as | ||
provided by Subchapter D, Chapter 49, Water Code. | ||
(b) Directors may be elected to serve successive terms. | ||
SECTION 2. The heading to Section 375.064, Local Government | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 375.064. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SUCCEEDING BOARD OF | ||
DISTRICT CREATED BY SPECIAL LAW. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 375.064, Local Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: | ||
(f) This section applies only to the appointment of | ||
directors of a district created by a special Act of the legislature | ||
that provides for succeeding directors to be appointed as provided | ||
by this section or subchapter. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 375.067(a), Local Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) As soon as practicable after a director is elected or | ||
appointed, the director shall execute a $10,000 bond payable to the | ||
district and conditioned on the faithful performance of the | ||
director's duties. | ||
SECTION 5. Section 375.068, Local Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 375.068. OFFICERS. After directors [ |
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shall organize by electing a president, a vice-president, a | ||
secretary, and any other officers the board considers necessary. | ||
SECTION 6. (a) Members of the board of directors of a | ||
municipal management district created by order of the Texas | ||
Commission on Environmental Quality shall be elected under Section | ||
375.0635, Local Government Code, as added by this Act, beginning | ||
with the general election conducted in 2021 for terms beginning on | ||
or after January 1, 2022. | ||
(b) A member of the board of directors of a municipal | ||
management district created by order of the Texas Commission on | ||
Environmental Quality who is appointed under Section 375.064, Local | ||
Government Code, for a term beginning before January 1, 2022, shall | ||
continue to serve until the expiration of the member's term. | ||
SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |