Bill Text: TX HB3894 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to the period for confirmation and the terms of the temporary directors of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 117.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-05-13 - Considered in Local & Consent Calendars [HB3894 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB3894-Introduced.html
  83R3949 SGA-F
 
  By: Toth H.B. No. 3894
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the period for confirmation and the terms of the
  temporary directors of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility
  District No. 117.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 8268.021, Special District Local Laws
  Code, is amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections
  (c) and (d) to read as follows:
         (b)  Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:
               (1)  the date initial directors are elected under
  Section 8268.023; or
               (2)  September 1, 2013 [the date this subchapter
  expires under Section 8268.025].
         (c)  If initial directors have not been elected under Section
  8268.023 and the terms of the temporary directors have expired,
  successor temporary directors shall be appointed or reappointed as
  provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that expire on the earlier
  of:
               (1)  the date initial directors are elected under
  Section 8268.023; or
               (2)  the fourth anniversary of the date of the
  appointment or reappointment.
         (d)  If Subsection (c) applies, the owner or owners of a
  majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district
  may submit a petition to the Texas Commission on Environmental
  Quality requesting that the commission appoint as successor
  temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The
  commission shall appoint as successor temporary directors the five
  persons named in the petition.
         SECTION 2.  Sections 8268.003 and 8268.025, Special District
  Local Laws Code, are repealed.
         SECTION 3.  (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 4.  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, 2013.
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