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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the board of directors of the Bexar Metropolitan Water |
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District. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 306, Acts of the 49th Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 1945, is amended by adding Section 7A and amending |
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Section 9 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 7A. The District is governed by a board of five |
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directors, consisting of the Commissioners Court of Bexar County. |
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Sec. 9. The Board of Directors from time to time shall be |
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authorized to make or cause to be made surveys and engineering |
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investigations for the information of the District to facilitate |
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the accomplishment of the purposes for which the District is |
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created, as expressed in the provisions of this Act; and may employ |
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engineers, attorneys and all other technical and non-technical |
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employees or assistants and fix and provide the amount and manner of |
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their compensation, and may provide for payment of expenditures |
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deemed essential to the proper maintenance and administration of |
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the District. Notwithstanding Section 49.060, Water Code, a member |
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[The members] of the Board of Directors is not entitled to receive |
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fees of office [shall receive a per diem of not more than Ten
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Dollars ($10) per day, for the time actually expended on business of
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the District, together with traveling and other necessary expenses,
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provided that such per diem fee shall not be paid to a Director for
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more than one hundred (100) days in any one year]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 8, Chapter 306, Acts of the 49th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 1945, is repealed. |
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SECTION 3. (a) The legal notice of the intention to |
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introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this |
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Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a |
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copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies, |
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officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished |
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under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313, |
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Government Code. |
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(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has |
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submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on |
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Environmental Quality. |
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(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed |
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its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the |
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lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of |
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representatives within the required time. |
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(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this |
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state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect |
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to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled |
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and accomplished. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |