H.B. No. 1065




AN ACT

relating to the eligibility requirements to serve as a director of a 
groundwater conservation district.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 36.051, Water Code, is amended by adding 
Subsection (d) to read as follows:
	(d)  In a district with a population of less than 50,000, the 
common law doctrine of incompatibility does not disqualify:
		(1)  a member of the governing body or officer of 
another political subdivision other than a municipality or county 
from serving as a director of the district; or
		(2)  a director of the district from serving as a member 
of the governing body or officer of another political subdivision 
other than a municipality or county.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.




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   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 1065 was passed by the House on March 
28, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 146, Nays 0, 2 present, not 
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. 
No. 1065 on May 5, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 134, Nays 1, 1 
present, not voting.

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                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	
I certify that H.B. No. 1065 was passed by the Senate, with 
amendments, on April 30, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, 
Nays 0.

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                                                      Secretary of the Senate   



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              Governor