1-1 By: Counts (Senate Sponsor - Haywood) H.B. No. 3095
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 7, 2001;
1-3 May 7, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural
1-4 Resources; May 11, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote:
1-5 Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 11, 2001, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to the governing body and powers of the Salt Fork Water
1-9 Quality District.
1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11 SECTION 1. Section 7, Chapter 1139, Acts of the 76th
1-12 Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, is amended by amending
1-13 Subsections (a), (b), and (c) and adding Subsection (f) to read as
1-14 follows:
1-15 (a) The district is governed by a board of five directors
1-16 appointed by the Commissioners Court of Stonewall County.
1-17 (b) Three of the initial directors shall serve terms that
1-18 expire on September 1, 2003. Two of the initial directors shall
1-19 serve terms that expire on September 1, 2002 [Initial directors
1-20 serve until permanent directors are elected under Section 9 of this
1-21 Act].
1-22 (c) At the expiration of a term, the commissioners court
1-23 shall appoint a director to serve a term of two years. If a vacancy
1-24 occurs on the board of directors, the commissioners court shall
1-25 appoint a director to serve the remainder of that term [Permanent
1-26 directors serve concurrent two- year terms].
1-27 (f) To be eligible to serve as a director, a person must be
1-28 a registered voter in Stonewall County.
1-29 SECTION 2. Section 8, Chapter 1139, Acts of the 76th
1-30 Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, is amended to read as follows:
1-31 Sec. 8. INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENTS. (a) The district may
1-32 enter into an agreement with a state agency, political subdivision
1-33 of the state, or other governmental entity to carry out the
1-34 purposes of the district under terms and conditions to which the
1-35 parties agree and for a period not to exceed 40 years, subject to
1-36 renewal and extension if the parties agree.
1-37 (b) Advertising, sealed bids, and similar procedures are not
1-38 required for the intergovernmental agreements described in
1-39 Subsection (a).
1-40 (c) The agreements described in Subsection (a) may provide
1-41 for an exchange of goods, services, or commodities, such as an
1-42 exchange of natural gas for salt, with or without cash payments, if
1-43 the parties agree [INITIAL DIRECTORS. The initial board of
1-44 directors is composed of:]
1-45 [(1) Bobby McGough;]
1-46 [(2) Larry Dickerson;]
1-47 [(3) Gary Myers;]
1-48 [(4) Mike Hill; and]
1-49 [(5) Pat Cumbie].
1-50 SECTION 3. Section 9, Chapter 1139, Acts of the 76th
1-51 Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, is repealed.
1-52 SECTION 4. The term of office for any person serving as a
1-53 member of the board of directors for the Salt Fork Water Quality
1-54 District as of August 31, 2001, expires on September 1, 2001. The
1-55 Commissioners Court of Stonewall County, Texas, shall appoint
1-56 directors under Section 7, Chapter 1139, Acts of the 76th
1-57 Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, as amended by this Act, as soon
1-58 as practicable after September 1, 2001.
1-59 SECTION 5. (a) The proper and legal notice of the intention
1-60 to introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
1-61 Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
1-62 copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
1-63 officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
1-64 by the constitution and other laws of this state, including the
2-1 governor, who has submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Natural
2-2 Resource Conservation Commission.
2-3 (b) The Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission has
2-4 filed its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor,
2-5 lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of representatives
2-6 within the required time.
2-7 (c) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
2-8 state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
2-9 to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
2-10 and accomplished.
2-11 SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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