Bill Text: TX HB4130 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the qualifications and method of electing directors of the Jonah Water Special Utility District.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2015-06-18 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB4130 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB4130-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 4130 | ||
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| relating to the qualifications and method of electing directors of | ||
| the Jonah Water Special Utility District. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subtitle C, Title 6, Special District Local Laws | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Chapter 7218 to read as follows: | ||
| CHAPTER 7218. JONAH WATER SPECIAL UTILITY DISTRICT | ||
| SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS | ||
| Sec. 7218.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: | ||
| (1) "Board" means the board of directors of the | ||
| district. | ||
| (2) "Director" means a member of the board. | ||
| (3) "District" means the Jonah Water Special Utility | ||
| District. | ||
| SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF DIRECTORS | ||
| Sec. 7218.051. COMPOSITION OF BOARD. The district is | ||
| governed by a board of nine directors. | ||
| Sec. 7218.052. DIRECTOR ELIGIBILITY. To be eligible to be | ||
| listed on the ballot as a candidate for or to serve as a director, a | ||
| person must be: | ||
| (1) a resident of the district; and | ||
| (2) a retail water or sewer service customer of the | ||
| district. | ||
| Sec. 7218.053. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS FROM SINGLE-MEMBER | ||
| DISTRICTS. (a) The board by rule may provide for the election of | ||
| some or all of the directors from single-member districts. | ||
| (b) In addition to the qualifications required by Section | ||
| 7218.052, if the board provides for the election of some or all of | ||
| the directors from single-member districts, to be eligible to be | ||
| listed on the ballot as a candidate for or to serve as a director | ||
| from a single-member district, a person must be a resident of that | ||
| district. | ||
| SECTION 2. The changes in law made by Sections 7218.052 and | ||
| 7218.053, Special District Local Laws Code, as added by this Act, do | ||
| not affect the entitlement of a member serving on the board of | ||
| directors of the Jonah Water Special Utility District immediately | ||
| before the effective date of this Act to continue to carry out the | ||
| board's functions for the remainder of the member's term. The | ||
| changes in law apply only to a member elected on or after the | ||
| effective date of this Act. This Act does not prohibit a person who | ||
| is a member of the board on the effective date of this Act from being | ||
| reelected to the board if the person has the qualifications | ||
| required for a member under Sections 7218.052 and 7218.053, Special | ||
| District Local Laws Code, as added by this Act. | ||
| 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 September 1, 2015. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 4130 was passed by the House on May | ||
| 12, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 4130 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 27, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
