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Amend CSSB 3 (house committee printing) by adding the
following appropriately numbered ARTICLE to the bill and
renumbering subsequent ARTICLES of the bill accordingly:
ARTICLE ____. GOVERNING BODY AND BOUNDARIES OF CERTAIN WATER
DISTRICTS
SECTION ____.01. Chapter 49, Water Code, is amended by
adding Subchapter O to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER O. GOVERNING BODY AND BOUNDARIES OF CERTAIN DISTRICTS
Sec. 49.501. APPLICABILITY. This subchapter applies only
to a district located primarily in a county with a population of
more than 1.3 million and in which the most populous municipality
relies on a sole source aquifer for more than 50 percent of the
municipality's water.
Sec. 49.502. GOVERNING BODY. A district to which this
subchapter applies is governed by the commissioners court of the
county in which the district is primarily located.
Sec. 49.503. FEES OF OFFICE. A director may not receive
fees of office.
Sec. 49.504. BOUNDARIES FOR CONDUCTING ELECTION. A
district's boundaries for the purpose of conducting an election are
coextensive with the boundaries of the county in which the district
is primarily located.
Sec. 49.505. CONFLICT OF LAW. If there is a conflict
between this subchapter and any local law or between this
subchapter and any other section of this chapter, including Section
49.060, this subchapter controls.