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Amend SB 1111 by adding the following appropriately numbered
section to the bill and renumbering subsequent sections
accordingly:
SECTION _____. Subchapter C, Chapter 335, Local Government
Code, is amended by adding Section 335.036 to read as follows:
Sec. 335.036. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR BOARDS OF
DISTRICTS CREATED IN CERTAIN POPULOUS COUNTIES. (a) This section
applies only to the board of a district located wholly within a
county with a population of more than two million that is adjacent
to a county with a population of more than one million.
(b) The board of a district described by Subsection (a) is
composed of nine directors appointed in accordance with this
section and Section 335.031.
(c) The mayor of the most populous municipality in the county
and the county judge of that county shall jointly appoint one
director.
(d) Each county commissioner shall appoint one director.
(e) The members of the governing body of the most populous
municipality in the county shall jointly appoint four directors.
(f) Appointments to the board under this section must
reflect the geographic and ethnic diversity of the county in which
the district is located.