By Denny H.B. No. 47
75R962 DRH-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the composition of the lake planning commission of
1-3 lakes Tawakoni and Ray Roberts.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 231.107, Local Government Code, is
1-6 amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (d) to
1-7 read as follows:
1-8 (a) A lake planning commission is established for the lake
1-9 area in the county and is composed of:
1-10 (1) three residents of the affected precincts who own
1-11 land in the county, appointed by the county judge of the county;
1-12 (2) one resident of each commissioners precinct that
1-13 is affected, appointed by the county commissioner for that
1-14 precinct, and if only one precinct is affected, the commissioner
1-15 shall appoint two; and
1-16 (3) the mayor of each municipality the territory or
1-17 extraterritorial jurisdiction of which [that] includes any part of
1-18 the lake area in the county.
1-19 (d) A mayor serving on the commission may designate another
1-20 person to serve in place of the mayor at one or more commission
1-21 meetings.
1-22 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
1-23 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-24 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.