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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to definitions applicable to the watershed of and the size |
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of the board of directors of the Brazos River Authority. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 221.002, Water Code, is amended by |
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adding Subdivisions (4), (5), and (6) to read as follows: |
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(4) "Upper basin" means all or part of the following |
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counties in the watershed of the Brazos River, as determined by rule |
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of the Texas Water Development Board: Parmer, Bailey, Cochran, |
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Castro, Lamb, Hockley, Swisher, Hale, Lubbock, Terry, Lynn, Dawson, |
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Borden, Garza, Crosby, Floyd, Dickens, Kent, Scurry, Nolan, Fisher, |
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Stonewall, King, Knox, Haskell, Jones, Taylor, Callahan, |
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Shackelford, Throckmorton, Baylor, Archer, Young, Stephens, |
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Eastland, Palo Pinto, Jack, Parker, Hood, and Johnson. |
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(5) "Central basin" means all or part of the following |
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counties in the watershed of the Brazos River, as determined by rule |
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of the Texas Water Development Board: Comanche, Brown, Erath, |
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Somervell, Hill, Bosque, Hamilton, Mills, Lampasas, Coryell, |
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McLennan, Falls, Bell, Burnet, and Williamson. |
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(6) "Lower basin" means all or part of the following |
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counties in the watershed of the Brazos River as determined by rule |
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of the Texas Water Development Board: Limestone, Robertson, Milam, |
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Lee, Bastrop, Burleson, Brazos, Grimes, Washington, Austin, |
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Waller, Fort Bend, and Brazoria. The lower basin does not include |
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the portions of the watershed lying in Freestone, Leon, and Madison |
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Counties. |
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SECTION 2. Section 221.009, Water Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsections (a) and (d) and adding Subsections (f) and |
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(f-1) to read as follows: |
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(a) Except as provided by Subsection (f), the [The] board |
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consists of nine [21] members. Members of the board and their |
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successors serve staggered terms of six years and until their |
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successors are designated and have qualified. Except as provided |
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by Subsection (f), the [The] terms of three [seven] members of the |
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board expire on February 1 of each odd-numbered year. |
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(d) Except as provided by Subsection (f), five [Eleven] |
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members of the board constitute a quorum to transact business. |
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(f) This subsection provides for the gradual and orderly |
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reduction in the number of directors serving on the board from 21 in |
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2007 to 9 in 2013. A director serving on the board on September 1, |
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2007, shall continue to serve for the director's unexpired term. |
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During the transition from 21 to 9 directors, a majority of the |
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total number of members of the board constitutes a quorum to |
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transact business. The governor: |
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(1) on, or as soon as possible after, February 1, 2009, |
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shall appoint only three persons to the board for terms to expire |
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February 1, 2015, to replace the directors whose terms expire |
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February 1, 2009; |
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(2) on, or as soon as possible after, February 1, 2011, |
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shall appoint only three members to the board for terms to expire |
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February 1, 2017, to replace the directors whose terms expire |
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February 1, 2011; and |
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(3) on, or as soon as possible after, February 1, 2013, |
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shall appoint only three members to the board for terms to expire |
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February 1, 2019, to replace the directors whose terms expire |
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February 1, 2013. |
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(f-1) Subsection (f) and this subsection expire September |
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1, 2013. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |