H.B. No. 1853
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to fees of office for and reimbursement of expenses of
1-3 directors of underground water conservation districts.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 52.113, Water Code, is amended to read as
1-6 follows:
1-7 Sec. 52.113. Fees of Office; Reimbursement for Expenses
1-8 <Compensation of Directors>. (a) A director is entitled to
1-9 receive fees of office <compensation> of not more than $100 a day
1-10 for each day the director actually spends performing the duties of
1-11 a director, but the fees of office <compensation> may not exceed
1-12 $6,000 in a year.
1-13 (b) <$500 for any one month.> Each director is also
1-14 entitled to receive reimbursement of actual expenses reasonably and
1-15 necessarily incurred while engaging in activities on the behalf of
1-16 <in> the district.
1-17 (c) To receive fees of office or reimbursement for expenses,
1-18 a director must file with the district a verified statement showing
1-19 the number of days actually spent in the service of the district
1-20 and a general description of the duties performed for each day of
1-21 service.
1-22 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the
1-23 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-1 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-2 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-3 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
2-4 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
2-5 passage, and it is so enacted.