Bill Text: TX SB1949 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to qualifications for the directors of the Dallas County Flood Control District No. 1.
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-18 - Effective immediately [SB1949 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1949-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 1949 | ||
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| relating to qualifications for the directors of the Dallas County | ||
| Flood Control District No. 1. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 7811.052, Special District Local Laws | ||
| Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 7811.052. QUALIFICATIONS AND ELIGIBILITY FOR OFFICE. | ||
| (a) To be qualified to serve as a director, a person must be at | ||
| least 18 years of age and: | ||
| (1) an owner of taxable property in the district; | ||
| (2) an owner of stock, whether beneficial or | ||
| otherwise, of a corporate owner of property in the district; | ||
| (3) an owner of a beneficial interest in a trust that | ||
| owns property in the district; or | ||
| (4) an agent, employee, or tenant of a person covered | ||
| by Subdivision (1), (2), or (3). | ||
| (b) A director must meet the qualifications described by | ||
| Subsection (a) [ |
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| time the director qualifies for office. | ||
| 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 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, 2021. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1949 passed the Senate on | ||
| April 29, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1949 passed the House on | ||
| May 26, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 108, Nays 39, two | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
