By:  Averitt                                                      S.B. No. 899
	(In the Senate - Filed March 5, 2003; March 11, 2003, read 
first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources; 
April 14, 2003, reported adversely, with favorable Committee 
Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 8, Nays 0; April 14, 2003, 
sent to printer.)


COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 899                                    By:  Jackson


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.



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