Bill Text: TX HB2064 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to quorum and voting requirements for the transaction of business by the board of the Irving Flood Control District Section III of Dallas County.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2017-06-01 - Effective immediately [HB2064 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2064-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2064 |
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relating to quorum and voting requirements for the transaction of | ||
business by the board of the Irving Flood Control District Section | ||
III of Dallas County. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 7805, Special District | ||
Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 7805.054 to read as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 7805.054. QUORUM; VOTE REQUIRED. A quorum consists of | ||
three directors. An action or recommendation of the board | ||
requiring a vote of the board is not valid unless: | ||
(1) the action or recommendation is approved by a | ||
record vote taken at a meeting of the board with a quorum present; | ||
and | ||
(2) the action or recommendation receives at least | ||
three affirmative votes by board members. | ||
SECTION 2. (a) All governmental and proprietary actions | ||
and proceedings of the Irving Flood Control District Section III of | ||
Dallas County taken before the effective date of this Act are | ||
validated, ratified, and confirmed in all respects as of the dates | ||
on which they occurred. | ||
(b) This section does not apply to any matter that on the | ||
effective date of this Act: | ||
(1) is involved in litigation if the litigation | ||
ultimately results in the matter being held invalid by a final court | ||
judgment; or | ||
(2) has been held invalid by a final court judgment. | ||
SECTION 3. 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, 2017. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 2064 was passed by the House on May 4, | ||
2017, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2064 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |