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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the election of directors of the Clearwater Underground |
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Water Conservation District. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 10(e), Chapter 524, Acts of the 71st |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 1989, is amended to read as follows: |
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(e) After the initial election of directors, all directors |
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shall be elected to serve four-year terms, except as provided by |
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Subsection (f). The terms of directors are staggered. On the |
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uniform election date in November [first Saturday in May] of |
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even-numbered years, the appropriate number of directors shall be |
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elected. |
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SECTION 2. A director of the board of the Clearwater |
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Underground Water Conservation District who is serving on the day |
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before the effective date of this Act shall serve until the |
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director's term expires. A director whose term expires in May 2010 |
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shall serve until the director's successor has qualified following |
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the directors' election held on the uniform election date in |
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November 2010 in accordance with Section 10(e), Chapter 524, Acts |
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of the 71st Legislature, Regular Session, 1989, as amended by this |
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Act. A director whose term expires in May 2012 shall serve until |
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the director's successor has qualified following the directors' |
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election held on the uniform election date in November 2012. |
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SECTION 3. (a) All governmental acts and proceedings of the |
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Clearwater Underground Water 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. |