Bill Text: TX SB1895 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to director elections and powers of the Texana Groundwater Conservation District.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [SB1895 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB1895-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to director elections and powers of the Texana Groundwater Conservation District.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [SB1895 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB1895-Comm_Sub.html
By: Hegar | S.B. No. 1895 | |
(In the Senate - Filed April 5, 2011; April 7, 2011, read | ||
first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources; | ||
May 4, 2011, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, | ||
Nays 0; May 4, 2011, sent to printer.) |
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relating to director elections and powers of the Texana Groundwater | ||
Conservation District. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
ARTICLE 1. ELECTION DATE | ||
SECTION 1.01. NOVEMBER ELECTIONS. Subsection (b), Section | ||
8, Chapter 307, Acts of the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, | ||
2001, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) On the uniform election date in November of each | ||
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shall be elected. | ||
SECTION 1.02. NOVEMBER ELECTIONS. Subsection (b), Section | ||
3.1108, Chapter 966, Acts of the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, | ||
2001, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) On the uniform election date in November of each | ||
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shall be elected. | ||
ARTICLE 2. DISTRICT POWERS | ||
SECTION 2.01. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER. (a) Chapter 307, | ||
Acts of the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, is amended by | ||
adding Section 4A to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 4A. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER. The district may not | ||
exercise the powers granted by Section 36.105, Water Code. | ||
(b) Chapter 966, Acts of the 77th Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 2001, is amended by adding Section 3.11041 to read as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 3.11041. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER. The district may not | ||
exercise the powers granted by Section 36.105, Water Code. | ||
SECTION 2.02. CONTRACTS WITH OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES. | ||
Subsection (b), Section 10, Chapter 307, Acts of the 77th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) The district may contract with other governmental | ||
entities[ |
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for the performance of any or all district functions. The district | ||
may not contract with a [ |
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functions except as provided by Chapter 791, Government Code [ |
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not exercise the powers granted by Section 36.105, Water Code. | ||
SECTION 2.03. CONTRACTS WITH OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES. | ||
Subsection (b), Section 3.1110, Chapter 966, Acts of the 77th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) The district may contract with other governmental | ||
entities[ |
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for the performance of any or all district functions. The district | ||
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ARTICLE 3. TRANSITION; VALIDATION; EFFECTIVE DATE | ||
SECTION 3.01. TRANSITION. A member of the board of | ||
directors of the Texana Groundwater Conservation District who is | ||
serving as a director 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 2012 shall continue to serve until the | ||
director's successor has qualified following the directors' | ||
election held on the uniform election date in November 2012 in | ||
accordance with Section 8, Chapter 307, and Section 3.1108, Chapter | ||
966, Acts of the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, as | ||
amended by this Act. 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. | ||
SECTION 3.02. VALIDATION. (a) All governmental acts and | ||
proceedings of the Texana Groundwater Conservation District | ||
relating to the election or appointment 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 3.03. FINDINGS RELATED TO PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS. | ||
(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 3.04. EFFECTIVE DATE. 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, 2011. | ||
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