81R7126 SLB-F
 
  By: Fraser S.B. No. 1755
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the election of directors of the Clearwater Underground
  Water Conservation District.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 10(e), Chapter 524, Acts of the 71st
  Legislature, Regular Session, 1989, is amended to read as follows:
         (e)  After the initial election of directors, all directors
  shall be elected to serve four-year terms, except as provided by
  Subsection (f).  The terms of directors are staggered.  On the
  uniform election date in November [first Saturday in May] of
  even-numbered years, the appropriate number of directors shall be
  elected.
         SECTION 2.  A director of the board of the Clearwater
  Underground Water Conservation District who is serving on the day
  before the effective date of this Act shall serve until the
  director's term expires. A director whose term expires in May 2010
  shall serve until the director's successor has qualified following
  the directors' election held on the uniform election date in
  November 2010 in accordance with Section 10(e), Chapter 524, Acts
  of the 71st Legislature, Regular Session, 1989, as amended by this
  Act.  A director whose term expires in May 2012 shall serve until
  the director's successor has qualified following the directors'
  election held on the uniform election date in November 2012.
         SECTION 3.  (a)  All governmental acts and proceedings of the
  Clearwater Underground Water Conservation District relating to the
  election of members of the board of directors of the district that
  were taken before the effective date of this Act are validated,
  ratified, and confirmed in all respects as if they had been taken as
  authorized by law.
         (b)  This section does not apply to any matter that on the
  effective date of this Act:
               (1)  is involved in litigation if the litigation
  ultimately results in the matter being held invalid by a final court
  judgment; or
               (2)  has been held invalid by a final court judgment.
         SECTION 4.  (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 5.  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.