H.B. No. 2667




AN ACT
relating to the election of a director of a municipal utility district. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 54, Water Code, is amended by adding Section 54.0225 to read as follows: Sec. 54.0225. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the county clerk, or the county officer who performs the election duties of the county clerk, of the county in which the district is located shall administer an election for a member of the board. This section shall not apply to an election in a district in which there are 10 or fewer qualified voters at the time the election is called. (b) If the district is located in more than one county, the county clerk or other county officer of the county in which the most inhabitants of the district reside shall perform the election duties under Subsection (a). (c) This section does not affect the duties of a board under Section 49.103. (d) The district shall pay the county for election services required under this section in the manner provided by Subchapter D, Chapter 31, Election Code, for a contract to furnish election services. SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to an election for a director of a municipal utility district ordered on or after the effective date of this Act. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005. ______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 2667 was passed by the House on May 9, 2005, by a non-record vote; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. No. 2667 on May 27, 2005, by a non-record vote. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 2667 was passed by the Senate, with amendments, on May 25, 2005, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: __________________ Date __________________ Governor