Bill Text: TX HB3789 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the appointment and election of levee improvement district directors.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-12 - Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm. [HB3789 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3789-Comm_Sub.html
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By: Miller | H.B. No. 3789 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3789: | |||
By: Larson | C.S.H.B. No. 3789 |
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relating to the appointment and election of levee improvement | ||
district directors. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 57.051, Water Code, is amended to read as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 57.051. APPOINTMENT OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS. (a) The | ||
commissioners court which creates a levee improvement district | ||
under this chapter, by majority vote, shall appoint three directors | ||
for the district. | ||
(b) In a district with a population of 2,000 or more the | ||
commissioners court may increase the total number of directors to | ||
five. The additional members appointed under this section must be | ||
registered voters in the district. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 57.058, Water Code, is amended to read as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 57.058. NUMBER OF ELECTED DIRECTORS; TERMS. In | ||
districts which have elected boards, there shall be five directors | ||
on the board. All five directors [ |
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The initial elected directors shall draw lots to determine which | ||
two initial directors serve two-year terms and which three initial | ||
directors serve four-year terms [ |
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SECTION 3. Section 57.060, Water Code, is amended to read as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 57.060. PETITION. Before an election is held under | ||
Section 57.057, a petition, signed by the greater of at least 10 | ||
percent of the total number of [ |
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district who are qualified to vote, shall be presented to the | ||
district requesting that an election be held in the district to | ||
determine whether or not directors for the district should be | ||
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of an election held under Section 57.057 determine that directors | ||
will be elected, the current directors continue to serve until the | ||
elected directors qualify to take office. | ||
SECTION 4. The changes in law made by Section 57.058, Water | ||
Code, as amended by this Act, apply only to an election of directors | ||
held on or after the effective date of this Act. An election of | ||
directors 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 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |