1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to voter eligibility in Maverick County Water Control and 1-3 Improvement District No. 1. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 51, Water Code, is amended 1-6 by adding Section 51.221 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 51.221. ELIGIBILITY TO VOTE: MAVERICK COUNTY WATER 1-8 CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 1. (a) In this section, 1-9 "district" means the Maverick County Water Control and Improvement 1-10 District No. 1. 1-11 (b) A person is eligible to vote in an election conducted by 1-12 the district if the person: 1-13 (1) is 18 years of age or older; 1-14 (2) is a United States citizen; 1-15 (3) is an individual who holds title to or an interest 1-16 in title to irrigable farmland or ranch land within the boundaries 1-17 of the district; and 1-18 (4) receives and uses irrigation water delivered by 1-19 the district by and through the district's canal system. 1-20 (c) A person eligible to vote under Subsection (b) must 1-21 register with the district not later than the 30th day before the 1-22 date of a district election in order to vote in that district 1-23 election. The district shall file with the county clerk of 1-24 Maverick County a certified copy of the list of the district's 2-1 registered voters not later than the 25th day before the date of 2-2 each district election. 2-3 SECTION 2. A person who on January 1, 2002, is not eligible 2-4 under Section 51.221(b), Water Code, as added by this Act, to vote 2-5 in an election held by the Maverick County Water Control and 2-6 Improvement District No. 1 is not liable for any tax imposed by the 2-7 district on or after that date. The person continues to be liable 2-8 for the payment of any tax imposed before that date and for the 2-9 person's pro rata share of any district debt existing on that date. 2-10 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001. _______________________________ _______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 372 was passed by the House on March 29, 2001, by a non-record vote. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 372 was passed by the Senate on May 1, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0, 1 present, not voting. _______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: __________________________ Date __________________________ Governor