75R10390 SKB-D
By Horn H.B. No. 3317
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3317:
By Horn C.S.H.B. No. 3317
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the board of directors of certain county development
1-3 districts.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 312.618, Tax Code, is amended by adding
1-6 Subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows:
1-7 (c) Each director on appointment shall submit a financial
1-8 statement that meets the requirements of Section 572.023,
1-9 Government Code, to the county clerk. Each director shall submit
1-10 the financial statement annually for the duration of the director's
1-11 term and for five years after leaving the board.
1-12 (d) Each director on appointment shall submit a signed
1-13 affidavit stating that the director does not have and will not have
1-14 for five years after leaving the board a vested financial interest
1-15 in the creation or expansion of the district.
1-16 SECTION 2. Section 312.620, Tax Code, is amended to read as
1-17 follows:
1-18 Sec. 312.620. PERSONS DISQUALIFIED TO SERVE. Section 49.052
1-19 [50.026], Water Code, relating to disqualification of directors,
1-20 shall apply to directors of districts created under this
1-21 subchapter.
1-22 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
1-23 SECTION 4. 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.