1-1 By: Barrientos S.B. No. 1316 1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 13, 1997; March 18, 1997, read 1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources; 1-4 April 10, 1997, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 10, 1-5 Nays 0; April 10, 1997, sent to printer.) 1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-7 AN ACT 1-8 relating to fees of office and expenses of water district 1-9 directors. 1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-11 SECTION 1. Section 49.060, Water Code, is amended by 1-12 redesignating Subsection (d) as Subsection (e) and adding a new 1-13 Subsection (d) to read as follows: 1-14 (d) Instead of the fees of office and reimbursement of 1-15 actual expenses, a director may elect to receive a per diem of $100 1-16 for each day the director actually spends performing the duties of 1-17 a director. The total per diems received may not exceed $6,000 per 1-18 annum except for directors of a special water authority that is 1-19 engaged in the distribution and sale of electric energy to the 1-20 public. In order to receive the per diem, each director shall file 1-21 with the district a general description of the duties performed for 1-22 each day of service. 1-23 (e) Section 49.002 notwithstanding, in all areas of conflict 1-24 the provisions of this section shall take precedence over all prior 1-25 statutory enactments. If the enactment of this section results in 1-26 an increase in the fees of office for any district, that district's 1-27 fees of office shall not increase unless the board adopts a 1-28 resolution authorizing payment of the higher fees. 1-29 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997. 1-30 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-31 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-32 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-33 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-34 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended. 1-35 * * * * *