By Chisum H.B. No. 3676
77R10903 MI-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the board of directors and the taxing authority of the
1-3 Collingsworth County Underground Water Conservation District.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 10, Chapter 376, Acts of the 69th
1-6 Legislature, Regular Session, 1985, is amended to read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 10. TAXES AND BONDS. The tax and bond provisions of
1-8 Chapter 36 [Chapters 51 and 52], Water Code, apply to the district.
1-9 The district may call an election under Chapter 36, Water Code, to
1-10 approve the levy and collection of:
1-11 (1) an ad valorem tax to secure bonds issued by the
1-12 district; or
1-13 (2) a maintenance and operation tax.
1-14 SECTION 2. Section 12, Chapter 376, Acts of the 69th
1-15 Legislature, Regular Session, 1985, is amended to read as follows:
1-16 Sec. 12. ANNEXATION. Additional territory may be added to
1-17 the district as provided by Chapter 49 [51], Water Code. If the
1-18 district annexes additional territory, the board of directors may
1-19 add the annexed territory to one or more existing single-member
1-20 districts for purposes of electing directors, may redraw the five
1-21 single-member districts to include the annexed territory, or may
1-22 add a sixth single-member district for the election of an
1-23 additional director. [The board of directors shall determine to
1-24 which precinct the annexed land will be added for purposes of
2-1 election of directors.]
2-2 SECTION 3. Section 13(c), Chapter 376, Acts of the 69th
2-3 Legislature, Regular Session, 1985, is amended to read as follows:
2-4 (c) One director shall be elected from each single-member
2-5 district [county commissioners precinct in Collingsworth County and
2-6 one director shall be elected from the district at large]. To
2-7 represent a single-member district [commissioners precinct], the
2-8 director must own property in that single-member district [be a
2-9 resident of the precinct].
2-10 SECTION 4. Section 13(e), Chapter 376, Acts of the 69th
2-11 Legislature, Regular Session, 1985, is amended to read as follows:
2-12 (e) The board of directors shall draw five numbered
2-13 single-member districts for electing directors and may revise the
2-14 districts as necessary or appropriate. For the conduct of an
2-15 election under this section, the board shall provide for one
2-16 director to be elected from each of the single-member districts. A
2-17 director elected from a single-member district represents the
2-18 residents and property owners of that single-member district.
2-19 Board elections shall be held on a uniform election day in
2-20 even-numbered years and shall be conducted according to Sections
2-21 36.017(b)-(h), Water Code, and the Election Code. [After the
2-22 election of directors at the confirmation election held under
2-23 Section 9 of this Act, regular elections for a portion of the board
2-24 of directors shall be held in each even-numbered year. The
2-25 directors elected from commissioners precincts 1 and 3 and the
2-26 director elected at large at the confirmation election shall serve
2-27 as directors until the first regular meeting of the board after the
3-1 second regular election of directors, and the directors elected
3-2 from commissioners precincts 2 and 4 at the confirmation election
3-3 shall serve until the first regular meeting of the board after the
3-4 first regular election of directors.]
3-5 SECTION 5. (a) A director of the Collingsworth County
3-6 Underground Water Conservation District who is serving on the day
3-7 before the effective date of this Act shall serve until the
3-8 director's term expires.
3-9 (b) At the 2002 directors' election, the open board
3-10 positions shall be filled by the appropriate number of directors,
3-11 who shall be elected from single-member districts.
3-12 (c) At the 2004 directors' election, the remaining board
3-13 positions shall be filled by directors elected from the remaining
3-14 single-member districts.
3-15 (d) At each subsequent directors' election, the appropriate
3-16 number of directors shall be elected from single-member districts.
3-17 SECTION 6. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
3-18 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
3-19 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
3-20 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
3-21 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.