Bill Text: TX HB907 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the election of members of the board of directors of the Middle Pecos Groundwater Conservation District.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-26 - Recommendations filed with the Speaker [HB907 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB907-Introduced.html
| 83R4372 RWG-F | ||
| By: Nevarez | H.B. No. 907 | |
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| relating to the election of members of the board of directors of the | ||
| Middle Pecos Groundwater Conservation District. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 8851.053, Special District Local Laws | ||
| Code, as effective April 1, 2013, is amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 8851.053. ELECTION DATE. On the uniform election date | ||
| in November [ |
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| number of directors shall be elected. | ||
| SECTION 2. A director of the board of the Middle Pecos | ||
| Groundwater Conservation District who is serving on the day before | ||
| the effective date of this Act shall serve until the director's term | ||
| expires. A director whose term expires in May 2014 shall continue | ||
| to serve until the director's successor has qualified following the | ||
| directors' election held on the uniform election date in November | ||
| 2014 in accordance with Section 8851.053, Special District Local | ||
| Laws Code, as amended by this Act. A director whose term expires in | ||
| May 2016 shall continue to serve until the director's successor has | ||
| qualified following the directors' election held on the uniform | ||
| election date in November 2016. | ||
| SECTION 3. (a) All governmental acts and proceedings of the | ||
| Middle Pecos 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 4. (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 5. 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. | ||
