Bill Text: TX HB2881 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the board of directors of the Old Celina Municipal Management District No. 1.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2017-06-15 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB2881 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2881-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the board of directors of the Old Celina Municipal Management District No. 1.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2017-06-15 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB2881 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2881-Introduced.html
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By: Sanford | H.B. No. 2881 |
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relating to the board of directors of the Old Celina Municipal | ||
Management District No. 1. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 3919.001, Special District Local Laws | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 3919.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: | ||
(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors. | ||
(2) "City" means the City of Celina, Texas. | ||
(3) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on | ||
Environmental Quality. | ||
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Management District No. 1. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 3919.051, Special District Local Laws | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 3919.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. (a) The district is | ||
governed by a board of five elected directors [ |
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(c) The board shall hold an election for directors on the | ||
uniform election date in May in odd-numbered years. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 3919.052(a), Special District Local Laws | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) Section 375.072(c) [ |
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SECTION 4. Section 3919.053, Special District Local Laws | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 3919.053. VACANCY. If a vacancy occurs on the board, | ||
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appoint a director to serve [ |
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remainder of the unexpired term. | ||
SECTION 5. Section 3919.056(a), Special District Local Laws | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The district shall compensate directors as provided by | ||
Section 49.060, Water Code[ |
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SECTION 6. Section 3919.059, Special District Local Laws | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 3919.059. REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS. (a) The board | ||
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of the other directors if the director has missed at least half of | ||
the meetings scheduled during the preceding 12 months. | ||
(b) A director removed under this section may file a written | ||
appeal with the commission not later than the 30th day after the | ||
date the director receives written notice of the board action. The | ||
commission may reinstate the director if the commission finds that | ||
the removal was unwarranted under the circumstances after | ||
considering the reasons for the absences, the time and place of the | ||
meetings, the business conducted at the meetings missed, and any | ||
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SECTION 7. Subchapter B, Chapter 3919, Special District | ||
Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 3919.061 to read as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 3919.061. TRANSITIONAL DIRECTORS AND INITIAL | ||
PERMANENT DIRECTORS. (a) The transitional board consists of: | ||
Pos. No. Name of Director | ||
1 Matthew Kiran | ||
2 Scott Balch | ||
3 Charles Brown | ||
4 G. A. Moore, Jr. | ||
5 Matt Gold | ||
(b) A transitional director serves until the earlier of: | ||
(1) the date the initial permanent directors are | ||
elected under Section 3919.051; or | ||
(2) September 1, 2021. | ||
(c) If the initial permanent directors have not been elected | ||
under Section 3919.051, and the terms of the transitional directors | ||
have expired, the commission shall appoint successor transitional | ||
directors as provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that expire | ||
the earlier of: | ||
(1) the date initial permanent directors are elected | ||
under Section 3919.051; or | ||
(2) the fourth anniversary of the date the preceding | ||
transitional directors' terms expired. | ||
(d) If the initial permanent directors have not been elected | ||
under Section 3919.051, the owner or owners of a majority of the | ||
assessed value of the real property in the district according to the | ||
most recent certified tax appraisal rolls for the county may submit | ||
a written petition to the commission requesting that the commission | ||
appoint successor transitional directors to serve four-year terms | ||
beginning on the date the terms of the transitional directors then | ||
serving expire. The commission shall appoint as the successor | ||
transitional directors five persons named in a list of nominees | ||
included with the petition. | ||
(e) The initial permanent directors elected under Section | ||
3919.051 shall draw lots to determine which two shall serve | ||
two-year terms and which three shall serve four-year terms. | ||
SECTION 8. Section 3919.052(c), Special District Local Laws | ||
Code, is repealed. | ||
SECTION 9. The terms of the members of the board of the Old | ||
Celina Municipal Management District No. 1 serving on the effective | ||
date of this Act who were appointed under Chapter 3919, Special | ||
District Local Laws Code, before the effective date of this Act | ||
expire on the effective date of this Act. On the effective date of | ||
this Act, the board of directors of the Old Celina Municipal | ||
Management District No. 1 is composed of the directors described by | ||
Section 3919.061, Special District Local Laws Code, as added by | ||
this Act. | ||
SECTION 10. (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 11. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |