Bill Text: TX SB821 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the qualifications for membership on the Texas Water Development Board.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-27 - Referred to Agriculture, Water, & Rural Affairs [SB821 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB821-Introduced.html
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By: Seliger | S.B. No. 821 |
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relating to the qualifications for membership on the Texas Water | ||
Development Board. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 6.052, Water Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsections (a-1) and | ||
(a-2) to read as follows: | ||
(a) The board is composed of three members who are appointed | ||
by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. | ||
(a-1) One member appointed under Subsection (a) must: | ||
(1) be actively engaged in the business of farming or | ||
animal husbandry or another business related to agriculture; and | ||
(2) wholly or partly own or lease land used in | ||
connection with a business described by Subdivision (1). | ||
(a-2) The remaining members appointed under Subsection (a) | ||
must have experience in at least one of the following fields, with | ||
one of those members having experience in a field that the other | ||
member does not have: | ||
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public or private finance; or | ||
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(b) The governor shall make the appointments in such a | ||
manner that the members: | ||
(1) reflect the diverse geographic regions and | ||
population groups of this state, provided that one member resides | ||
in a rural area and is a registered voter of a county with a | ||
population of less than 355,000; and | ||
(2) do not have any conflicts of interest prohibited | ||
by state or federal law. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 6.054, Water Code, is amended by adding | ||
Subsection (e) to read as follows: | ||
(e) Notwithstanding Subsection (a)(2), a board member who | ||
resided in a county with a population of less than 355,000 at the | ||
time the member was appointed may not be removed on the ground that | ||
the population of the county no longer meets that requirement. | ||
SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act relating to | ||
the qualifications for membership on the Texas Water Development | ||
Board do not affect the eligibility of a member of the board serving | ||
immediately before the effective date of this Act to continue to | ||
serve on the board for the term to which the member was appointed. | ||
Not later than February 1, 2023, the governor shall appoint members | ||
of the board as necessary to ensure that the composition of the | ||
board complies with Section 6.052, Water Code, as amended by this | ||
Act. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |