By: Hegar  S.B. No. 724
         (In the Senate - Filed February 9, 2009; February 25, 2009,
  read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources;
  April 1, 2009, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 10,
  Nays 0; April 1, 2009, sent to printer.)
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the qualification of supervisors of a fresh water
  supply district.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subsection (a), Section 53.063, Water Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), to be qualified
  for election as a supervisor:
               (1)  [,] a person must be:
                     (A) [(1)]  a resident of this state;
                     (B) [(2)]  the owner of taxable property in the
  district; and
                     (C) [(3)]  at least 18 years of age; or
               (2)  a person must be a registered voter of the
  district.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
 
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