Bill Text: TX HB1574 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the composition of the Riverbend Water Resources District and the terms of the board of directors of that district.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-10 - Effective immediately [HB1574 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1574-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 1574 |
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relating to the composition of the Riverbend Water Resources | ||
District and the terms of the board of directors of that district. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 9601.001(5), Special District Local Laws | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(5) "Member" means a municipality, county, [ |
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political subdivision, or water supply corporation that is a member | ||
of the district as provided by Section 9601.005. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 9601.005(b), Special District Local Laws | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) After receipt of a petition from the governing body of a | ||
municipality, county, [ |
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supply corporation that desires to join the district, the board may | ||
add a member to the district on terms determined by the board to be | ||
in the best interests of the district. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 9601.051, Special District Local Laws | ||
Code, is amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection | ||
(d) to read as follows: | ||
(c) Directors [ |
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(d) The governing body of each member required to appoint a | ||
director under Subsection (b) shall conduct a review of the | ||
director appointed by the governing body before the director's term | ||
expires. After conducting the review, the governing body, on | ||
expiration of the director's term, may reappoint the director or | ||
appoint a new director in the manner provided by this section. | ||
SECTION 4. Sections 9601.051(f) and (g), Special District | ||
Local Laws Code, are repealed. | ||
SECTION 5. (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 6. 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, 2019. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 1574 was passed by the House on April | ||
12, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 1574 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |