Bill Text: TX HB3931 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the election of members of the board of directors of the Pecan Valley Groundwater Conservation District.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-30 - Recommendations filed with the Speaker [HB3931 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB3931-Introduced.html
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By: Morrison | H.B. No. 3931 |
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relating to the election of members of the board of directors of the | ||
Pecan Valley Groundwater Conservation District. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 11, Chapter 1343, Acts of the 77th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 11. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS. [ |
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election date in November of each even-numbered year, the district | ||
shall hold an election in the district to elect [ |
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the appropriate number of directors to the district's board of | ||
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SECTION 2. Section 8(e), Chapter 1343, Acts of the 77th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, is repealed. | ||
SECTION 3. A director on the board of the Pecan Valley | ||
Groundwater Conservation District whose term is scheduled to expire | ||
in May 2013 shall serve until the director's successor has | ||
qualified following the directors' election held on the uniform | ||
election date in November 2013. A director whose term is scheduled | ||
to expire in May 2015 shall serve until the director's successor has | ||
qualified following the directors' election held on the uniform | ||
election date in November 2014. A director whose term is scheduled | ||
to expire in May 2017 shall serve until the director's successor has | ||
qualified following the directors' election held on the uniform | ||
election date in November 2016. | ||
SECTION 4. (a) All governmental acts and proceedings of the | ||
Pecan Valley Groundwater Conservation District relating to the | ||
election of members of the board of directors of the district that | ||
were taken before the effective date of this Act are validated, | ||
ratified, and confirmed in all respects as if they had been taken as | ||
authorized by law. | ||
(b) This section does not apply to any matter that on the | ||
effective date of this Act: | ||
(1) is involved in litigation if the litigation | ||
ultimately results in the matter being held invalid by a final court | ||
judgment; or | ||
(2) has been held invalid by a final court judgment. | ||
SECTION 5. (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 6. 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. |