80R2400 JRH-D
 
  By: Puente H.B. No. 3481
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to disclosure and availability of certain information
  concerning certain officers of regional water planning groups.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 176.001(3) and (4), Local Government
  Code, are amended to read as follows:
               (3)  "Local governmental entity" means a county,
  municipality, school district, junior college district, regional
  water planning group, or other political subdivision of this state
  or a local government corporation, board, commission, district, or
  authority to which a member is appointed by the commissioners court
  of a county, the mayor of a municipality, or the governing body of a
  municipality. The term does not include an association,
  corporation, or organization of governmental entities organized to
  provide to its members education, assistance, products, or services
  or to represent its members before the legislative, administrative,
  or judicial branches of the state or federal government.
               (4)  "Local government officer" means:
                     (A)  a voting member of the governing body of a
  local governmental entity; or
                     (B)  a director, superintendent, administrator,
  president, or other person designated as the executive officer of
  the local governmental entity.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.