By: King of Zavala (Senate Sponsor - Uresti) H.B. No. 4706
         (In the Senate - Received from the House April 23, 2009;
  April 23, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on
  Natural Resources; May 7, 2009, reported favorably by the
  following vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 7, 2009, sent to printer.)
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the compensation of a member of the board of directors
  of the Bexar-Medina-Atascosa Counties Water Control and
  Improvement District No. 1.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 9007, Special District
  Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 9007.055 to read as
  follows:
         Sec. 9007.055.  COMPENSATION.  Notwithstanding Section
  49.060(a), Water Code, a director is not entitled to receive a fee
  of more than $150 a month for performing the duties of a director.
         SECTION 2.  Section 9007.055, Special District Local Laws
  Code, as added by this Act, applies only to the compensation of a
  member of the board of directors of the Bexar-Medina-Atascosa
  Counties Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 for
  performing the duties of a director on or after the effective date
  of this Act. Compensation for performing the duties of a director
  before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in
  effect when the duties were performed, and the former law is
  continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  (a)  The legal notice of the intention to
  introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
  Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
  copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
  officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
  under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
  Government Code.
         (b)  The governor, one of the required recipients, has
  submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
  Environmental Quality.
         (c)  The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
  its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the
  lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
  representatives within the required time.
         (d)  All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
  state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
  to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
  and accomplished.
         SECTION 4.  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, 2009.
 
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