By Burnam H.B. No. 1771
77R4127 MI-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the election and terms of office of the board of
1-3 directors of the Tarrant County Water Control and Improvement
1-4 District No. 1.
1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-6 SECTION 1. Chapter 268, Acts of the 55th Legislature,
1-7 Regular Session, 1957 (Article 8280-207, Vernon's Texas Civil
1-8 Statutes), is amended by adding Section 1A to read as follows:
1-9 Sec. 1A. (a) The district is governed by a board of five
1-10 directors. Except as provided by Subsection (c), directors are
1-11 elected as prescribed by Chapter 49, Water Code.
1-12 (b) Directors serve staggered four-year terms.
1-13 (c) The election of directors shall be held on the same day
1-14 and in the same location as the general election for officers of
1-15 the municipality with the greatest population that is located in
1-16 the district.
1-17 SECTION 2. (a) The three directors whose terms expire in
1-18 January 2004 serve until their successors are elected in the first
1-19 election of that year that meets the requirements of Section 1A(c),
1-20 Chapter 268, Acts of the 55th Legislature, Regular Session, 1957
1-21 (Article 8280-207, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), as added by this
1-22 Act.
1-23 (b) The two directors whose terms expire in January 2002
1-24 serve until their successors are elected in the first election of
2-1 that year that meets the requirements of Section 1A(c), Chapter
2-2 268, Acts of the 55th Legislature, Regular Session, 1957 (Article
2-3 8280-207, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), as added by this Act.
2-4 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2-5 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-6 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
2-7 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-8 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.