Bill Text: TX SB578 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the composition of the Riverbend Water Resources District and the terms of the board of directors of that district.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-18 - Recommendations filed with the Senate [SB578 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-SB578-Introduced.html

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86R2736 TSR-F
By: Hughes S.B. No. 578

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the composition of the Riverbend Water Resources
District and the terms of the board of directors of that district.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 9601.001(5), Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(5) "Member" means a municipality, county, [or] other
political subdivision, or water supply corporation that is a member
of the district as provided by Section 9601.005.
SECTION 2. Section 9601.005(b), Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(b) After receipt of a petition from the governing body of a
municipality, county, [or] other political subdivision, or water
supply corporation that desires to join the district, the board may
add a member to the district on terms determined by the board to be
in the best interests of the district.
SECTION 3. Section 9601.051(c), Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(c) Directors [Except as provided by Subsection (d),
directors] serve staggered terms of four years.
SECTION 4. Sections 9601.051(f) and (g), Special District
Local Laws Code, are repealed.
SECTION 5. (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 6. 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, 2019.