By:  Cook of Colorado (Senate Sponsor - Averitt)                  H.B. No. 1065
	(In the Senate - Received from the House March 31, 2003; 
April 3, 2003, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural 
Resources; April 9, 2003, reported favorably by the following 
vote:  Yeas 8, Nays 0; April 9, 2003, sent to printer.)


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

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)  an officer or employee of a political subdivision 
from serving as a director of the district; or
		(2)  a director of the district from serving as a 
director, officer, or employee of a political subdivision.
	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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