78R4893 SGA-D

By:  Jones of Lubbock                                             H.B. No. 2231



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the election and qualifications of directors of the 
Lubbock County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Sections 3.1 and 3.2, Chapter 1149, Acts of the 
71st Legislature, Regular Session, 1989, are amended to read as 
follows:
	Sec. 3.1.  (a)  The district's powers shall be exercised by a 
board of five directors.  One director shall be elected from each 
commissioners precinct in Lubbock County, and one director shall be 
elected from the district at large.
	(b)  To serve as director from a commissioners precinct, a 
director must be a resident of that precinct, and to serve as 
director at large, the director must be a resident of Lubbock 
County.
	(c)  On the first Saturday in May 2004, an election shall be 
held in the district to elect five directors.  Directors elected 
from commissioners precincts 1 and 3 shall serve two-year terms, 
and directors elected from commissioners precincts 2 and 4 and from 
the district at large shall serve four-year terms.
	(d)  Until the initial board of directors is elected under 
Subsection (c) of this section and has qualified, the persons 
serving as directors of the district on September 1, 2003, shall 
continue to serve as directors of the district.
	(e)  After the election held under Subsection (c) of this 
section, an election shall be held on the first Saturday in May of 
each even-numbered year to elect directors to the appropriate 
positions on the board.  [Each of the directors serving on the 
effective date of this Act shall serve for the term for which he was 
elected.  Subsequent directors shall be elected as provided by 
Chapter 51, Water Code, and the Election Code.]
	Sec. 3.2.  Except as  provided by Section 3.1(c) of this Act,
[The] directors are elected [at large from within the district] for 
four-year staggered [four year] terms.
	SECTION 2.  (a)  The proper and legal notice of the intention 
to introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this 
Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a 
copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies, 
officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished by 
the constitution and other laws of this state, including the 
governor, who has submitted the notice and Act to the Texas 
Commission on Environmental Quality.
	(b)  The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed 
its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, 
lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of representatives 
within the required time.
	(c)  All requirements of the constitution and laws of this 
state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect 
to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled 
and accomplished.
	SECTION 3.   This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.