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Amend CSSB 3 by adding the following appropriately numbered
ARTICLE to the bill and renumbering subsequent ARTICLES of the bill
accordingly:
ARTICLE ____. TERRITORY OF CULBERSON COUNTY GROUNDWATER
CONSERVATION DISTRICT
SECTION ____.01. Chapter 1075, Acts of the 75th
Legislature, Regular Session, 1997, is amended by adding Section 3A
to read as follows:
Sec. 3A. In addition to the portions of Culberson County
included in the boundaries of the district on August 31, 2007, the
boundaries of the district include all of the remaining territory
in Culberson County.
SECTION ____.02. (a) The annexation under Section 3A,
Chapter 1075, Acts of the 75th Legislature, Regular Session, 1997,
as added by this article, of the additional territory in Culberson
County that was not included in the boundaries of the Culberson
County Groundwater Conservation District on August 31, 2007, is
subject to ratification at an election held under Section 36.328,
Water Code, and this section in which only the voters residing in
the territory to be annexed are eligible to vote.
(b) The board of directors of the Culberson County
Groundwater Conservation District shall hold the ratification
election on the first uniform election date that occurs after the
effective date of this article that allows for compliance with the
time requirements of the Election Code.
(c) If a majority of the voters voting at the ratification
election vote in favor of the annexation, the Culberson County
Groundwater Conservation District boundaries include all of
Culberson County.
(d) If a majority of the voters voting at the ratification
election do not vote in favor of the annexation, the Culberson
County Groundwater Conservation District boundaries are unchanged
and this article expires.