Bill Text: TX SB1469 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to an election for the removal of a director serving on the board of directors of certain water districts.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-29 - No action taken in committee [SB1469 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-SB1469-Introduced.html

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85R11168 TSR-D
By: Campbell S.B. No. 1469

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an election for the removal of a director serving on the
board of directors of certain water districts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 49, Water Code, is amended
by adding Section 49.114 to read as follows:
Sec. 49.114. REMOVAL ELECTION CALLED BY PETITION. (a) This
section applies only to a district that is:
(1) a water control and improvement district operating
under Chapter 51; or
(2) a municipal utility district operating under
Chapter 54.
(b) The board shall order an election on the question of
removing a director if the board receives a petition requesting an
election on that question. The petition must be signed by at least
10 percent of the district's registered voters.
(c) An election ordered under this section must be held not
earlier than the 78th day after the date on which the board received
a petition under Subsection (b).
(d) An order calling an election held under this section
must state:
(1) the nature of the election, including the
proposition that is to appear on the ballot;
(2) the date of the election;
(3) the hours during which the polls will be open; and
(4) the location of the polling places.
(e) The board shall give notice of an election ordered under
this section by publishing a substantial copy of the election order
in a newspaper with general circulation in the district once a week
for two consecutive weeks.
(f) The first publication must appear not later than the
30th day before the date set for the election.
(g) Section 41.001, Election Code, does not apply to an
election held under this section.
(h) If a majority of the votes in an election held under this
section favor removal, the board shall order the removal of the
director who is the subject of the petition.
(i) The removal of a director as provided by this section
creates a vacancy on the board to be filled in the manner prescribed
by the law governing the district.
(j) If a majority of the votes in an election held under this
section do not favor removal, the director is entitled to serve the
remainder of the director's unexpired term.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.