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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the name, directors, and elections of the Emerald |
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Underground Water Conservation District. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 712, Acts of the 71st Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 1989, is amended by adding Section 1A to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 1A. NAME OF DISTRICT. The name of the Emerald |
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Underground Water Conservation District is changed to the Crockett |
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County Groundwater Conservation District. |
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SECTION 2. Section 2, Chapter 712, Acts of the 71st |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 1989, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 2. DEFINITION. In this Act, "district" means the |
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Crockett County Groundwater [Emerald Underground Water] |
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Conservation District. |
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SECTION 3. Section 7, Chapter 712, Acts of the 71st |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 1989, is amended by adding Subsection |
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(a-1) and amending Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows: |
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(a-1) Notwithstanding Sections 49.001 and 49.002(b), Water |
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Code, Section 49.052, Water Code, applies to a director of the |
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district. |
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(d) Directors [Permanent directors other than initial
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permanent directors] serve staggered four-year terms, with the |
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terms of two or three directors expiring December 1 of each |
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even-numbered year. |
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(e) Each director must qualify to serve as director in the |
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manner provided by Section 36.055, [Sections 51.078 and 51.079] |
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Water Code. |
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SECTION 4. Chapter 712, Acts of the 71st Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 1989, is amended by adding Sections 10A and 10B to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 10A. DIRECTOR ELECTIONS. On the uniform election date |
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in November of each even-numbered year, the appropriate number of |
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directors shall be elected. |
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Sec. 10B. LOCATION OF DISTRICT ELECTIONS. A district |
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election may be held at any location in Crockett County. |
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SECTION 5. Sections 7(b) and (c) and 10, Chapter 712, Acts |
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of the 71st Legislature, Regular Session, 1989, are repealed. |
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SECTION 6. Notwithstanding Section 7(d), Chapter 712, Acts |
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of the 71st Legislature, Regular Session, 1989, as amended by this |
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Act: |
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(1) the terms of the directors of the Emerald |
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Underground Water Conservation District who were elected in May |
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2005 expire December 1, 2008; and |
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(2) the terms of the directors of the Emerald |
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Underground Water Conservation District who are elected in May 2007 |
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expire December 1, 2010. |
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SECTION 7. (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 has submitted the notice and Act to the |
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Texas Commission on 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, |
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lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of representatives |
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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 8. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |