Bill Text: TX SB1465 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Relating to the authority of certain ex officio members of the board of directors of a tax increment financing reinvestment zone to elect not to serve on the board.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-09 - Effective on 9/1/17 [SB1465 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1465-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of certain ex officio members of the board of directors of a tax increment financing reinvestment zone to elect not to serve on the board.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-09 - Effective on 9/1/17 [SB1465 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1465-Engrossed.html
By: Taylor of Galveston | S.B. No. 1465 |
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relating to the authority of certain ex officio members of the board | ||
of directors of a tax increment financing reinvestment zone to | ||
elect not to serve on the board. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 311, Tax Code, is amended by adding | ||
Section 311.0092 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 311.0092. NOTICE TO STATE SENATOR AND STATE | ||
REPRESENTATIVE; WAIVER OF SERVICE ON BOARD. (a) Not later than | ||
the 90th day after the date a member of the state senate or state | ||
house of representatives who is an ex officio member of the board of | ||
directors of a reinvestment zone under Section 311.009(b) or | ||
311.0091(c), as applicable, is elected to the state senate or the | ||
state house of representatives, as applicable, at a general or | ||
special election, the board shall send to the member of the state | ||
senate or state house of representatives written notice by | ||
certified mail informing the state senator or state representative | ||
of the person's membership on the board. | ||
(b) Notwithstanding Section 311.009(b) or 311.0091(c), as | ||
applicable, a state senator or state representative may elect not | ||
to serve on the board or designate another individual to serve in | ||
the member's place. If the state senator or state representative | ||
elects not to serve on the board or designate another individual to | ||
serve in the member's place, the state senator or state | ||
representative shall notify the board in writing as soon as | ||
practicable after receipt of the notice under Subsection (a) by | ||
certified mail and may not be counted as a member of the board for | ||
voting or quorum purposes. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |