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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the composition of the board of directors of the Fort |
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Bend Subsidence District, including a director's qualifications |
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and term. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 8834.051, Special District Local Laws |
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Code, is amended by amending Subsections (a), (e), (f), and (i) to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) The district is governed by a board of 17 [15] directors |
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appointed as provided by this section. |
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(e) The mayor of each of the following municipalities shall |
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appoint a director from the mayor's respective municipality: |
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(1) Houston; |
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(2) Missouri City; |
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(3) Stafford; |
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(4) Sugar Land; |
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(5) Rosenberg; [and] |
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(6) Richmond; and |
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(7) Fulshear. |
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(f) The Commissioners Court of Fort Bend County shall |
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appoint: |
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(1) two directors who represent agricultural |
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interests and live in an unincorporated area; |
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(2) two directors who represent industrial interests; |
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[and] |
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(3) two directors who represent business interests; |
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and |
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(4) one director who represents the district at large. |
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(i) The directors shall serve staggered terms as follows: |
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(1) five members appointed under Subsection (e) and |
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four members appointed under Subsection (f) shall serve terms |
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expiring on January 1 of odd-numbered years; and |
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(2) two members [one member] appointed under |
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Subsection (e), three [two] members appointed under Subsection (f), |
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one member appointed under Subsection (g), and two members |
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appointed under Subsection (h) shall serve terms expiring on |
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January 1 of even-numbered years. |
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SECTION 2. Not later than November 1, 2021, the mayor of the |
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City of Fulshear and the Commissioners Court of Fort Bend County |
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shall appoint members of the board of directors of the Fort Bend |
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Subsidence District as provided by Section 8834.051, Special |
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District Local Laws Code, as amended by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. The Fort Bend Subsidence District retains all |
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the rights, powers, privileges, authority, duties, and functions |
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that it had before the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 4. (a) The legal notice of the intention to |
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introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this |
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Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a |
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copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies, |
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officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished |
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under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313, |
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Government Code. |
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(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has |
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submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on |
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Environmental Quality. |
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(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed |
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its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the |
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lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of |
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representatives within the required time. |
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(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this |
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state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect |
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to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled |
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and accomplished. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |