Bill Text: TX SB1226 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the term of office for a director of the Northeast Texas Municipal Water District.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-13 - Effective immediately [SB1226 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1226-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 1226 |
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relating to the term of office for a director of the Northeast Texas | ||
Municipal Water District. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 3, Chapter 78, Acts of the 53rd | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 1953, is amended by amending | ||
Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | ||
(a) All powers of the District shall be exercised by a Board | ||
of Directors. Such directors shall be appointed by a majority vote | ||
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District. [ |
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each even-numbered year [ |
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of Avinger, Hughes Springs, Jefferson, and Ore City each [ |
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on June 1 [ |
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governing bodies of Daingerfield, Lone Star, and Pittsburg each | ||
shall appoint one director for a two year term beginning on June 1 | ||
of that year. [ |
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Each director shall serve for the director's [ |
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herein provided, and thereafter until the director's [ |
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successor shall be appointed and qualified. A governing body of a | ||
city may not appoint a [ |
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taxable property in the city [ |
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governing body of a city may not appoint a [ |
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governing body of a city or an[ |
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constitutional oath of office, and each shall give bond for the | ||
faithful performance of the director's [ |
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of Five Thousand ($5,000.00) Dollars, the cost of which shall be | ||
paid by the District. A majority shall constitute a quorum. | ||
(a-1) If the population of a city described by Subsection | ||
(a) of this section is 5,000 or more, the governing body of the city | ||
is entitled to appoint a second director to serve a term that ends | ||
on May 31 of the year following the expiration of the term of the | ||
serving director appointed by the governing body of that city under | ||
Subsection (a) of this section and every second year thereafter. If | ||
the population of the city described by Subsection (a) of this | ||
section is less than 5,000 and the governing body of the city has | ||
two director positions by an earlier application of this | ||
subsection, the governing body of the city is entitled to appoint | ||
only one director and the director position for the city that | ||
expires on the first May 31 following the most recent federal | ||
decennial census that shows a population less than 5,000 is | ||
eliminated effective on that date. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 6, Chapter 78, Acts of the 53rd | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 1953, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 6. (a) This section applies only to the annexation of a | ||
city by the District other than the cities described by Section 3 of | ||
this Act. | ||
(b) When [ |
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population of 5,000 [ |
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director for the term ending the following May 31 [ |
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director for the term ending one year after the following May 31 | ||
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year term the same as provided in this Act for cities described by | ||
Section 3(a-1) of this Act [ |
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If the population of the annexed city at a later date is less than | ||
5,000, the governing body of the city is entitled to appoint only | ||
one director and the director position for that city that expires on | ||
the first May 31 following the most recent federal decennial census | ||
that shows a population less than 5,000 is eliminated effective on | ||
that date. | ||
(c) When the territory of a city with a population of less | ||
than 5,000 is annexed to the District [ |
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whose term shall expire the following May 31 [ |
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each second year thereafter shall appoint one director for a two | ||
year term beginning on June 1 of that year and expiring on May 31 two | ||
years later. Whenever such city may later attain a population of | ||
5,000 or more [ |
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of the city is [ |
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directors in the manner [ |
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Section 3(a-1) of this Act. | ||
(d) A person appointed as a director under this section must | ||
meet the qualifications for office provided by Section 3(a) of this | ||
Act. | ||
SECTION 3. (a) A person who is appointed by the governing | ||
body of the city of Avinger, Hughes Springs, Jefferson, or Ore City | ||
and is serving as a director of the Northeast Texas Municipal Water | ||
District on the effective date of this Act may continue to serve as | ||
a director for a term of office that expires May 31, 2024. | ||
(b) As soon as practicable after the effective date of this | ||
Act, the governing bodies of the cities of Daingerfield, Lone Star, | ||
and Pittsburg shall each appoint a person to serve as a director of | ||
the Northeast Texas Municipal Water District for a term of office | ||
that begins June 1, 2023, and expires May 31, 2025. | ||
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, 2023. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1226 passed the Senate on | ||
April 20, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1226 passed the House on | ||
April 28, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 131, Nays 13, two | ||
present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |