1-1     By:  Gallego (Senate Sponsor - Madla)                  H.B. No. 372
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House April 2, 2001;
 1-3     April 3, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural
 1-4     Resources; April 18, 2001, reported favorably by the following
 1-5     vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; April 18, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to voter eligibility in Maverick County Water Control and
 1-9     Improvement District No. 1.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1.  Subchapter E, Chapter 51, Water Code, is amended
1-12     by adding Section 51.221 to read as follows:
1-13           Sec. 51.221.  ELIGIBILITY TO VOTE:  MAVERICK COUNTY WATER
1-14     CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 1.  (a)  In this section,
1-15     "district" means the Maverick County Water Control and Improvement
1-16     District No. 1.
1-17           (b)  A person is eligible to vote in an election conducted by
1-18     the district if the person:
1-19                 (1)  is 18 years of age or older;
1-20                 (2)  is a United States citizen;
1-21                 (3)  is an individual who holds title to or an interest
1-22     in title to irrigable farmland or ranch land within the boundaries
1-23     of the district; and
1-24                 (4)  receives and uses irrigation water delivered by
1-25     the district by and through the district's canal system.
1-26           (c)  A person eligible to vote under Subsection (b) must
1-27     register with the district not later than the 30th day before the
1-28     date of a district election in order to vote in that district
1-29     election.  The district shall file with the county clerk of
1-30     Maverick County a certified copy of the list of the district's
1-31     registered voters not later than the 25th day before the date of
1-32     each district election.
1-33           SECTION 2.  A person who on January 1, 2002, is not eligible
1-34     under Section 51.221(b), Water Code, as added by this Act, to vote
1-35     in an election held by the Maverick County Water Control and
1-36     Improvement District No. 1 is not liable for any tax imposed by the
1-37     district on or after that date.  The person continues to be liable
1-38     for the payment of any tax imposed before that date and for the
1-39     person's pro rata share of any district debt existing on that date.
1-40           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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