Bill Text: TX SB1168 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the disqualification of directors of the Middle Pecos Groundwater Conservation District.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-27 - Recommendations filed with the Senate [SB1168 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-SB1168-Introduced.html

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85R7546 AAF-F
By: Uresti S.B. No. 1168

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the disqualification of directors of the Middle Pecos
Groundwater Conservation District.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 8851, Special District
Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 8851.0545 to read as
follows:
Sec. 8851.0545. DISQUALIFICATION OF DIRECTORS. The board
by unanimous vote of the board's remaining directors may remove a
director only if that director has missed one-half or more of the
regular meetings scheduled during the prior 12 months.
SECTION 2. (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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.