78R7987 QS-D


By:  Howard                                                       H.B. No. 839



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to a limitation on the future employment of a board member 
of certain water-related districts.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 49, Water Code, is amended 
by adding Section 49.072 to read as follows:
	Sec. 49.072.  LIMITATION ON FUTURE EMPLOYMENT. (a)  A person 
who has served as a director of a district may not contract with 
that district or be employed by an organization to which the 
district has awarded a contract for one year following the date on 
which the person ceased to serve as a director.
	(b)  This section does not apply to a person who has served as 
a director of a district that performs agricultural irrigation 
functions under Chapter 51, 55, or 58 if the person, when serving as 
a director, was required to own land as a qualification for office.
	SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only 
to a person who ceases to serve as a director of a district, as 
defined by Section 49.001, Water Code, on or after the effective 
date of this Act.  A person who ceased to serve as a director of a 
district, as defined by Section 49.001, Water Code, before the 
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect at that 
time, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.