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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the boundaries of the single-member districts for and |
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vacancies on the board of directors of the Hays Trinity Groundwater |
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Conservation District. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 8843.056(c), Special District Local Laws |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(c) When the boundaries of the single-member districts are |
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changed [At the first election after the single-member districts |
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are revised], a [new] director in office on the effective date of |
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the change, or elected or appointed before the effective date of the |
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change to a term of office beginning on or after the effective date |
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of the change, is entitled to serve the term or the remainder of the |
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term in the single-member district to which the director was |
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elected or appointed even though the change in boundaries places |
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the director's residence outside the single-member district for |
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which the director was elected or appointed [shall be elected from |
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each district. The directors shall draw lots to determine which two |
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directors serve one-year terms and which three directors serve |
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two-year terms]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 8843.055, Special District Local Laws |
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Code, is repealed. |
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SECTION 3. The selection of terms of the board of directors |
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that occurred before the effective date of this Act and in |
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accordance with Section 8843.056(c), Special District Local Laws |
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Code, is validated and confirmed. |
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SECTION 4. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a change in the boundaries of the single-member districts from |
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which the members of the board of directors of the Hays Trinity |
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Groundwater Conservation District are elected that is made on or |
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after the effective date of this Act. A change in the boundaries of |
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the single-member districts that is made before the effective date |
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of this Act is governed by the law as it existed immediately before |
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the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect |
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for that purpose. |
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SECTION 5. (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 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |