HBA-EDN H.B. 3670 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 3670
By: Jones, Delwin
Natural Resources
4/18/2001
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Currently, the five directors of the Lubbock County Water Control and
Improvement District No. 1 are elected at large from within the county for
four-year staggered terms.  In the interest of representative government,
the citizens of Lubbock County should have a director who directly
represents them.  House Bill 3670 requires one director to be elected from
each commissioners precinct in Lubbock County and one director to be
elected from the county at large.  

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

ANALYSIS

House Bill 3670 amends law to modify provisions relating to the election
and qualifications of directors of the Lubbock County Water Control and
Improvement District No.  1 (district).  The bill requires one director to
be elected from each commissioners precinct (precinct) in Lubbock County
and one director to be elected from the district at large.  The bill
provides that a director from a precinct must be a resident of that
precinct and that a director at large must be a resident of Lubbock County.
The bill requires an election to be held on the first Saturday in May 2002
to elect five directors and requires the persons serving as directors of
the district on September 1, 2001, to continue to serve as directors until
such an election. Following this initial election, the bill requires an
election to be held on the first Saturday in May of each even numbered-year
to elect directors to the appropriate positions on the board.  The bill
requires that directors elected from precincts 1 and 3 serve two-year terms
and that directors elected from precincts 2 and 4 and from the district at
large serve four-year terms and specifies that directors are elected for
fouryear staggered terms, except as provided.          

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2001.