Bill Text: TX HB2999 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the composition of the board of directors of the Fort Bend Subsidence District, including a director's qualifications and term.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-25 - Recommendations filed with the Speaker [HB2999 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2999-Introduced.html
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By: Gates | H.B. No. 2999 |
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relating to the composition of the board of directors of the Fort | ||
Bend Subsidence District, including a director's qualifications | ||
and term. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 8834.051, Special District Local Laws | ||
Code, is amended by amending Subsections (a), (e), and (i) to read | ||
as follows: | ||
(a) The district is governed by a board of 16 [ |
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appointed as provided by this section. | ||
(e) The mayor of each of the following municipalities shall | ||
appoint a director from the mayor's respective municipality: | ||
(1) Houston; | ||
(2) Missouri City; | ||
(3) Stafford; | ||
(4) Sugar Land; | ||
(5) Rosenberg; [ |
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(6) Richmond; and | ||
(7) Fulshear. | ||
(i) The directors shall serve staggered terms as follows: | ||
(1) five members appointed under Subsection (e) and | ||
four members appointed under Subsection (f) shall serve terms | ||
expiring on January 1 of odd-numbered years; and | ||
(2) two members [ |
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Subsection (e), two members appointed under Subsection (f), one | ||
member appointed under Subsection (g), and two members appointed | ||
under Subsection (h) shall serve terms expiring on January 1 of | ||
even-numbered years. | ||
SECTION 2. Not later than November 1, 2021, the mayor of the | ||
City of Fulshear shall appoint a member of the board of directors of | ||
the Fort Bend Subsidence District as provided by Section 8834.051, | ||
Special District Local Laws Code, as amended by this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. The Fort Bend Subsidence District retains all | ||
the rights, powers, privileges, authority, duties, and functions | ||
that it had before the effective date of this Act. | ||
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, 2021. |