By: Averitt S.B. No. 899
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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.