Bill Text: TX SB856 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the administration and management of elections and public information of the El Paso County Water Improvement District No. 1.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [SB856 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB856-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 856 | ||
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| relating to the administration and management of elections and | ||
| public information of the El Paso County Water Improvement District | ||
| No. 1. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 9303.001, Special District Local Laws | ||
| Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 9303.001. DEFINITIONS [ |
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| (1) "Board" means the district's board of directors. | ||
| (2) "Director" means a board member. | ||
| (3) "District"[ |
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| Water Improvement District No. 1. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 9303, Special District | ||
| Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Sections 9303.053 and | ||
| 9303.054 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 9303.053. ADMINISTRATION OF ELECTIONS. (a) The | ||
| district shall contract with the elections administrator of El Paso | ||
| County to conduct an election held by the district. | ||
| (b) The district shall pay the costs of an election | ||
| conducted under Subsection (a). | ||
| Sec. 9303.054. PUBLIC INFORMATION. (a) The district shall | ||
| maintain an Internet website. | ||
| (b) The board shall make available on the district's | ||
| Internet website: | ||
| (1) campaign finance reports for each director; | ||
| (2) the meeting agenda and minutes for each open | ||
| meeting held by the board; | ||
| (3) archived video and audio for each open meeting | ||
| held by the board; | ||
| (4) the district's budget for the current year; and | ||
| (5) any audits of the district. | ||
| SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
| an open meeting held by the El Paso County Water Improvement | ||
| District No. 1 on or after the effective date of this Act. An open | ||
| meeting that is held by that district before the effective date of | ||
| this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date of the open | ||
| meeting, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 856 passed the Senate on | ||
| March 21, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 856 passed the House on | ||
| May 20, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, two | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
