Bill Text: TX HB3391 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the election of directors of certain electric cooperatives.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-17 - Referred to State Affairs [HB3391 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB3391-Introduced.html
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By: Dale | H.B. No. 3391 |
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relating to the election of directors of certain electric | ||
cooperatives. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 161, Utilities Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 161.0721 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 161.0721. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS IN CERTAIN LARGE | ||
COOPERATIVES. (a) This section applies only to an electric | ||
cooperative with more than 200,000 members that is partially | ||
located in a county with a population of more than one million and | ||
less than 1.5 million. | ||
(b) To be elected as director for a district, a candidate | ||
must receive a majority of the total number of votes received for | ||
that office. | ||
(c) If no candidate for director of a particular district | ||
receives the vote necessary to be elected, a runoff election for | ||
that office is required. | ||
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by Section 161.0721, | ||
Utilities Code, as added by this Act, apply only to an election held | ||
on or after the effective date of this Act. An election held before | ||
the effective date of this Act is subject to the law in effect on the | ||
date the election is held, and that law is continued in effect for | ||
that purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |