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. 1-41 * * * * *