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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the election and terms of office of directors of the |
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Guadalupe County Groundwater Conservation District. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 9, Chapter 1066, Acts of the 75th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 1997, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 9. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS. [(a)] On the uniform |
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election date in November of each odd-numbered year, the district |
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shall hold an election in the district to elect [first Saturday in
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May of the second year after the year in which the district is
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authorized to be created at a confirmation election, an election
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shall be held in the district for the election of three directors,
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each of whom shall serve a two-year term, and four directors, each
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of whom shall serve a four-year term.
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[(b)
On the first Saturday in May of each subsequent second
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year following the election,] the appropriate number of directors |
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[shall be elected] to the district's board of directors. |
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SECTION 2. Section 6(g), Chapter 1066, Acts of the 75th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 1997, is repealed. |
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SECTION 3. (a) All governmental acts and proceedings of the |
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Guadalupe County Groundwater Conservation District relating to the |
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election of members of the board of directors of the district that |
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were taken before the effective date of this Act are validated, |
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ratified, and confirmed in all respects as if they had been taken as |
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authorized by law. |
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(b) This section does not apply to any matter that on the |
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effective date of this Act: |
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(1) is involved in litigation if the litigation |
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ultimately results in the matter being held invalid by a final court |
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judgment; or |
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(2) has been held invalid by a final court judgment. |
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SECTION 4. (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 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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