By:  Cook of Colorado (Senate Sponsor - Armbrister)               H.B. No. 3214
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 7, 2003; 
May 9, 2003, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural 
Resources; May 16, 2003, reported favorably by the following vote:  
Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 16, 2003, sent to printer.)


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to the fees of office payable to directors of certain 
general and special law districts.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 49.060, Water Code, is amended by 
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as 
follows:
	(a)  A director is entitled to receive fees of office of not 
more than $150 a day for each day the director actually spends 
performing the duties of a director.  In this subsection, 
"performing the duties of a director" means substantive performance 
of the management or business of the district, including 
participation in board and committee meetings and other activities 
involving the substantive deliberation of district business and in 
pertinent educational programs.  The phrase does not include 
routine or ministerial activities such as the execution of 
documents, self-preparation for meetings, or other activities 
requiring a minimal amount of time.
	(a-1)  A district, by resolution of the board, shall set a 
limit on the fees of office that a director may receive in a year.  
Except for a district that is [The fees of office may not exceed 
$6,000 per annum except for directors of] a special water authority 
[which is] engaged in the distribution and sale of electric energy 
to the public, a district may not set the annual limit at an amount 
greater than $7,200.
	SECTION 2.  Section 49.060(d), Water Code, is repealed.                        
	SECTION 3.  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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