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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the board of directors of the Kenedy County Groundwater |
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Conservation District. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 1152, Acts of the 78th Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 2003, is amended by adding Section 9A to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 9A. METHOD OF ELECTING DIRECTORS: SINGLE-MEMBER |
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DISTRICTS. (a) As soon as practicable after the effective date of |
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the Act by which this section is enacted into law, the board shall: |
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(1) divide the district into five single-member |
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districts for electing directors; and |
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(2) assign each of the existing board positions to one |
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of the new single-member districts. |
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(b) If the district annexes territory, the annexed |
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territory becomes part of one or more of the single-member |
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districts as determined by the board. |
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(c) One director shall be elected from each single-member |
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district. |
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(d) To be a candidate for or to serve as a director, a person |
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must be a registered voter in the single-member district the person |
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represents or seeks to represent. |
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(e) A person shall indicate on the application for a place |
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on the ballot the single-member district the person seeks to |
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represent. |
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(f) After each federal decennial census or as needed, the |
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board may redraw the single-member districts to reflect population |
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changes. A director in office on the effective date of a change in |
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the boundaries of a single-member district, or a director elected |
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or appointed before the effective date of the change whose term of |
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office begins on or after the effective date of the change, shall |
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serve for the remainder of the director's term in the single-member |
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district to which elected or appointed even though the change in |
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boundaries places the director's residence outside the district to |
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which the director was elected or appointed. |
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SECTION 2. Chapter 1162, Acts of the 78th Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 2003, is amended by adding Section 8A to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 8A. METHOD OF ELECTING DIRECTORS: SINGLE-MEMBER |
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DISTRICTS. (a) As soon as practicable after the effective date of |
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the Act by which this section is enacted into law, the board shall: |
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(1) divide the district into five single-member |
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districts for electing directors; and |
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(2) assign each of the existing board positions to one |
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of the new single-member districts. |
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(b) If the district annexes territory, the annexed |
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territory becomes part of one or more of the single-member |
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districts as determined by the board. |
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(c) One director shall be elected from each single-member |
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district. |
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(d) To be a candidate for or to serve as a director, a person |
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must be a registered voter in the single-member district the person |
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represents or seeks to represent. |
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(e) A person shall indicate on the application for a place |
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on the ballot the single-member district the person seeks to |
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represent. |
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(f) After each federal decennial census or as needed, the |
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board may redraw the single-member districts to reflect population |
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changes. A director in office on the effective date of a change in |
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the boundaries of a single-member district, or a director elected |
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or appointed before the effective date of the change whose term of |
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office begins on or after the effective date of the change, shall |
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serve for the remainder of the director's term in the single-member |
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district to which elected or appointed even though the change in |
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boundaries places the director's residence outside the district to |
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which the director was elected or appointed. |
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SECTION 3. The following laws are repealed: |
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(1) Section 9, Chapter 1152, Acts of the 78th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2003; and |
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(2) Section 8, Chapter 1162, Acts of the 78th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2003. |
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SECTION 4. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies |
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only to a director elected or appointed to serve on the board of |
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directors of the Kenedy County Groundwater Conservation District on |
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or after the effective date of this Act. |
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(b) The change in law made by this Act does not affect the |
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term of office of a director serving on the board of directors of |
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the Kenedy County Groundwater Conservation District on the |
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effective date of this Act. |
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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. |