By: Puente Senate Sponsor-Averitt H.B. No. 3769
       (In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 2007;
May 14, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural
Resources; May 21, 2007, reported favorably, as amended, by the
following vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 1; May 21, 2007, sent to printer.)
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the eligibility of an employee of a political
subdivision of this state to be a member of the governing body of
certain state agencies.
       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
       SECTION 1.  Section 5.053, Water Code, is amended by adding
Subsection (c) to read as follows:
       (c)  Subsection (a)(2) does not apply to an employee of a
political subdivision of this state.
       SECTION 2.  Section 6.053, Water Code, is amended by adding
Subsection (c) to read as follows:
       (c)  Subsection (b)(1) does not apply to an employee of a
political subdivision of this state.
       SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2007.
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