Bill Text: TX SB814 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the board of directors of the Agua Special Utility District.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2017-06-09 - Effective on 9/1/17 [SB814 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB814-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 814 |
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relating to the board of directors of the Agua Special Utility | ||
District. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 7201.052, Special District Local Laws | ||
Code, is amended by amending Subsections (a), (b), (c), and (l) and | ||
adding Subsection (m) to read as follows: | ||
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (l), the district shall | ||
be governed by a board of seven directors, elected as follows: | ||
(1) one director elected by the voters of the part of | ||
the City of Mission inside the district to represent that part of | ||
the city; | ||
(2) one director elected by the voters of the City of | ||
Palmview to represent that city; | ||
(3) one director elected by the voters of the City of | ||
Penitas to represent that city; | ||
(4) one director elected by the voters of the City of | ||
Sullivan City to represent that city; [ |
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(5) one director elected by the voters of the part of | ||
the City of La Joya within the district to represent that part of | ||
the city; and | ||
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positions on the board by the district voters who do not reside in | ||
any of the municipalities listed in Subdivisions (1)-(5) [ |
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to represent the part of the district that is not included in those | ||
municipalities, unless the number of at-large directors is | ||
increased under Subsection (l). | ||
(b) A candidate for one of the numbered director positions: | ||
(1) must reside in the part of the service area of the | ||
district that is not included in any of the municipalities listed in | ||
Subsections (a)(1)-(5) [ |
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(2) must be eligible to hold office under Section | ||
141.001, Election Code. | ||
(c) A candidate for one of the director positions | ||
representing a municipality listed in Subsection (a)(1), (2), (3), | ||
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(1) must reside in the municipality the candidate | ||
seeks to represent; and | ||
(2) must be eligible to hold office under Section | ||
141.001, Election Code. | ||
(l) If, before the expiration of the term of a director | ||
elected to represent a municipality under Subsection (a)(1), (2), | ||
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incorporated territory of the municipality is outside the | ||
boundaries of the district, the position immediately becomes an | ||
at-large numbered position to be filled at the next general | ||
election of the district in accordance with Subsections (a)(6) | ||
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(m) If a director is an employee of another taxing entity | ||
within the district, the board may not employ as an employee, as a | ||
consultant, or on a contract basis: | ||
(1) an elected official of the other taxing entity | ||
that employs the director; or | ||
(2) a person related to that elected official in the | ||
third degree of consanguinity or affinity as determined under | ||
Chapter 573, Government Code. | ||
SECTION 2. (a) The position of director of the Agua | ||
Special Utility District elected at-large for a term that expires | ||
in 2018 becomes the position for the director elected from the City | ||
of La Joya on the election date in 2018 when the district elects new | ||
directors. The director of the Agua Special Utility District | ||
elected at-large to a term that expires in 2018 shall serve until a | ||
director elected from the City of La Joya has qualified following | ||
the director's election held in 2018. | ||
(b) This section expires September 1, 2020. | ||
SECTION 3. (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 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
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President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 814 passed the Senate on | ||
April 27, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that | ||
the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 27, 2017, by the | ||
following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 814 passed the House, with | ||
amendment, on May 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 140, | ||
Nays 4, four present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |