H.B. No. 3567
AN ACT
relating to the number and method of electing directors of the
Coastal Bend Groundwater Conservation District.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 1294, Acts of the 77th Legislature,
Regular Session, 2001, is amended by adding Sections 7A and 9A to
read as follows:
Sec. 7A. ADDITION OF DIRECTORS IF DISTRICT ANNEXES
TERRITORY. Notwithstanding Section 7(a) of this Act, if the
district annexes territory, the board of directors of the district
by resolution may add one or more directors as provided by Section
36.051, Water Code.
Sec. 9A. METHOD OF ELECTING DIRECTORS IF DISTRICT ANNEXES
TERRITORY. (a) Notwithstanding Sections 9 and 11 of this Act, if
the district annexes territory, the board of directors of the
district by resolution shall adopt an appropriate and equitable
method for:
(1) electing directors for the district that
supersedes the method of electing directors under Sections 9 and 11
of this Act;
(2) drawing voting district boundaries if required by
the method adopted; and
(3) maintaining staggered terms for the directors.
(b) If the board votes to add a director to represent
annexed territory under Section 7A of this Act, at an election to
ratify annexation under Section 36.328, Water Code, the board may
include on the ballot the names of candidates for director to
represent the annexed territory on the board. A director elected
under this subsection serves until an election is held under
Subsection (c) of this section.
(c) A method of electing directors adopted under Subsection
(a) of this section applies beginning with the election held on the
first date provided by Section 11 of this Act that occurs after the
date the annexation of the territory is final and that allows
sufficient time to comply with any requirements of law.
(d) The method of electing directors provided by Sections 9
and 11 of this Act applies until an election is held under
Subsection (c) of this section.
(e) To be eligible to be a candidate for or to serve as a
director of the district under this section, a person must be a
registered voter of the district and meet the requirements stated
in a resolution adopted under Subsection (a) of this section.
(f) The board may revise voting districts as necessary or
appropriate. If the board adopts a method for electing directors
based on voting districts, the board shall revise each voting
district after each federal decennial census to reflect population
changes. When the boundaries of the districts are redrawn, a
director in office on the effective date of the change, or elected
or appointed before the effective date of the change to a term of
office beginning on or after the effective date of the change, shall
serve the term or the remainder of the term in the district to which
elected or appointed even though the change in boundaries places
the person's residence outside the district for which the person
was elected or appointed.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3567 was passed by the House on May
16, 2003, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3567 was passed by the Senate on May
28, 2003, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor