78R2202 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 
by 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 BY DISTRICT.  
A person who has served as a director of a district may not contract 
with or be employed by that district for one year following the date 
on which the person ceased to serve as a director.
	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.