Bill Text: TX SB855 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the territory and board of the Canyon Regional Water Authority.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-16 - Effective immediately [SB855 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB855-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 855 |
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relating to the territory and board of the Canyon Regional Water | ||
Authority. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 1.02(a), Chapter 670, Acts of the 71st | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 1989, is amended by adding | ||
Subdivision (4-a) to read as follows: | ||
(4-a) "Member entity" means an entity, including a | ||
water supply corporation, or political subdivision whose territory | ||
has been added to the authority by virtue of legislative action or | ||
in accordance with the procedures provided for in Section 7.01 and | ||
whose territory has not been removed from the authority. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 2.03(a), Chapter 670, Acts of the 71st | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 1989, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The authority includes all the territory located in the | ||
service area of the member entities [ |
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SECTION 3. Section 3.02, Chapter 670, Acts of the 71st | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 1989, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 3.02. QUALIFICATIONS OF TRUSTEES. (a) To be | ||
qualified to serve as a trustee, a person must be: | ||
(1) at least 18 years old; and | ||
(2) a resident of the territory located in the | ||
authority. | ||
(b) A trustee who also serves on the governing body of a | ||
member entity is not a dual officeholder and is not prohibited by | ||
the common law doctrine of incompatibility from serving on both the | ||
board and the governing body. | ||
(c) Service on the board by a public officeholder is an | ||
additional duty of that person's office. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 4.03(a), Chapter 670, Acts of the 71st | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 1989, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The authority may exercise the power of eminent domain | ||
as provided by Section 49.222, Water Code, to acquire by | ||
condemnation a fee simple or other interest in property located in | ||
the territory of the authority if the property interest is | ||
necessary to the exercise of the rights or authority conferred by | ||
this Act. | ||
SECTION 5. Sections 4.03(b) and (c), Chapter 670, Acts of | ||
the 71st Legislature, Regular Session, 1989, are repealed. | ||
SECTION 6. (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 7. 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, 2015. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 855 passed the Senate on | ||
April 9, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 855 passed the House on | ||
May 22, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, two | ||
present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |