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78R6141 RCJ-F
By: Rose H.B. No. 3229
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to electing directors of the Blanco-Pedernales
Groundwater Conservation District.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. In this Act:
(1) "District" means the Blanco-Pedernales
Groundwater Conservation District.
(2) "Board" means the board of directors of the
Blanco-Pedernales Groundwater Conservation District.
SECTION 2. BOARD RESOLUTION. After a public hearing
regarding the methods for electing the directors of the district
described by Section 3 of this Act, the board by resolution may
determine which electoral method authorized by Section 3 of this
Act shall be used to elect the directors of the district.
SECTION 3. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS. (a) The directors of the
district may be elected using:
(1) the precinct method under Section 36.059, Water
Code; or
(2) the county commissioners precinct method
described by Subsection (b) of this section.
(b) Under the county commissioners precinct method, one
director shall be elected by the voters of the entire district at
large and one director shall be elected from each county
commissioners precinct by the voters of that precinct. A candidate
shall indicate on an application for a place on the ballot the
precinct the candidate seeks to represent or that the candidate
seeks to represent the district at large.
(c) Notwithstanding Section 36.059, Water Code, a municipal
corporation in the district that is part of one precinct may be
included, in whole or in part, in another precinct.
SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 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.