Enrolled Bill Summary

Senate Bill 1188	Senate Author:  Hinojosa
Effective:  9-1-23	House Sponsor:  Muñoz, Jr.

            Senate Bill 1188 amends the Special District Local Laws Code to revise the governing provisions of the Agua Special Utility District by doing the following:

·        establishing additional director candidacy requirements;

·        establishing additional conditions under which a director may be removed from the district's board of directors;

·        requiring a director to be removed from the board if the director has been convicted of or has pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to specified civil or criminal offenses;

·        establishing conditions under which a director is disqualified from serving as a director;

·        providing for the automatic resignation of a director on the director's candidacy for another elective office;

·        providing for public access to director reports; and

·        requiring the attorney general, at the request of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, to bring an action for the appointment of a receiver to collect the assets and carry on the business of the district under certain circumstances.