1-1 By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1036
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 1, 2001; March 5, 2001, read
1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources;
1-4 April 18, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 5,
1-5 Nays 0; April 18, 2001, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to the election dates for directors of the Bee Groundwater
1-9 Conservation District.
1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11 SECTION 1. Section 10, Chapter 678, Acts of the 75th
1-12 Legislature, Regular Session, 1997, is amended to read as follows:
1-13 Sec. 10. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS. (a) On a uniform election
1-14 date, as provided by Section 41.001(a), Election Code, selected by
1-15 the initial directors, [the first Saturday in October] of the
1-16 second year after the year in which the district is authorized to
1-17 be created at a confirmation election, an election shall be held in
1-18 the district for the election of four directors, each of whom shall
1-19 serve a two-year term, and three directors, each of whom shall
1-20 serve a four-year term.
1-21 (b) On the uniform election date selected under Subsection
1-22 (a) of this section [first Saturday in October] of each subsequent
1-23 second year following the election, the appropriate number of
1-24 directors shall be elected to the board.
1-25 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-26 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-27 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
1-28 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-29 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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