78R5500 RCJ-F
By: Estes S.B. No. 1140
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the election of directors of a soil and water
conservation district.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 201.073(a), Agriculture Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) Except as provided for the initial election of
directors, the persons who are eligible voters and own land in a
conservation district are entitled to elect the directors for the
district. For that purpose, the eligible voters shall meet each
year on a date and at a time and place designated by the existing
board of directors. The directors shall designate for the election
a date that is after September 30 and before October 16. Before
[During] July 15 of each year, the directors shall designate a date,
time, and place for that year's election of directors.
SECTION 2. (a) 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.
(b) This Act applies only to a designation of an election
that occurs on or after the effective date of this Act. A
designation of an election that occurs before the effective date of
this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the
designation occurred, and the former law is continued in effect for
that purpose.