Bill Text: TX HB3881 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to board of directors meeting locations of certain rural area water districts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-10 - Received from the House [HB3881 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3881-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to board of directors meeting locations of certain rural area water districts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-10 - Received from the House [HB3881 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3881-Introduced.html
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By: Bell of Kaufman | H.B. No. 3881 |
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relating to board of directors meeting locations of certain rural | ||
area water districts. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 49.062, Water Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsections (b) and (b-1) and adding Subsection (b-2) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (b-2) [ |
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board shall designate one or more places inside or outside the | ||
district for conducting the meetings of the board. The meeting | ||
place may be a private residence or office, provided that the board, | ||
in its order establishing the meeting place, declares the same to be | ||
a public place and invites the public to attend any meeting of the | ||
board. If the board establishes a meeting place or places outside | ||
the district, it shall give notice of the location or locations by | ||
filing a true copy of the resolution establishing the location or | ||
locations of the meeting place or places and a justification of why | ||
the meeting will not be held in the district or within 10 miles of | ||
the boundary of the district, if applicable, with the commission | ||
and also by publishing notice of the location or locations in a | ||
newspaper of general circulation in the district. If the location | ||
of any of the meeting places outside the district is changed, notice | ||
of the change shall be given in the same manner. | ||
(b-1) In Subsection (b-2) [ |
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district" means a district: | ||
(1) in which more than half of the district's projected | ||
retail water or sewer connections are active and that is not wholly | ||
or partly located in a county that as of the 2010 Census: | ||
(A) had a population of 800,000 or more; or | ||
(B) bordered a county with a population of | ||
800,000 or more; or | ||
(2) wholly or partly located in a county with a | ||
population of more than 144,000 and less than 148,000. | ||
(b-2) If the board of a rural area district conducts | ||
meetings at least quarterly, the board shall conduct a meeting at a | ||
designated meeting location inside the district or within 10 miles | ||
of the boundary of the district at least once per quarter. If the | ||
board determines that it is not practical to meet within 10 miles of | ||
the boundary of the district, the district may conduct the | ||
quarterly meeting at another designated meeting place in the county | ||
in which the district is located. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |