S.B. No. 899




AN ACT

relating to the fees of office and reimbursement of directors of 
groundwater conservation districts.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subsection (d), Section 36.060, Water Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(d)  Section 36.052(a) notwithstanding, Subsection (a) [this 
section] prevails over any other law in conflict with or 
inconsistent with that subsection [this section], including a 
special law governing a specific district unless the special law 
prohibits the directors of that district from receiving a fee of 
office.  If the application of this section results in an increase 
in the fees of office for any district, that district's fees of 
office shall not increase unless the district's board by resolution 
authorizes payment of the higher fees.
	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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President of the Senate             Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 899 passed the Senate on 
April 23, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.




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   Secretary of the Senate             
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 899 passed the House on 
May 23, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 145, Nays 0, two 
present not voting.




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   Chief Clerk of the House            



Approved:


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            Date



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          Governor