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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to election and qualifications of members of the board of |
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directors of the Santa Rita Underground Water Conservation |
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District. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 7, Chapter 653, Acts of the 71st |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 1989, is amended by amending |
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Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: |
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(a) The district is governed by a board of five directors. A |
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director must be 18 years of age or older and must be a resident of |
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the district. |
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(f) Section 141.001(a)(5), Election Code, and Section |
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36.059(b), Water Code, do not apply to the district. |
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SECTION 2. Section 10(b), Chapter 653, Acts of the 71st |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 1989, is amended to read as follows: |
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(b) On the uniform election date [first Saturday] in May of |
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each odd-numbered [the second] year [after the year in which the
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district is authorized to be created at a confirmation election], |
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an election shall be held in the district for the election of the |
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appropriate number of directors. [Directors elected from district
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precincts 2 and 4 shall each serve two-year terms and directors
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elected from district precincts 1 and 3 and the district at large
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shall each serve four-year terms. Thereafter, on the same date in
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each subsequent second year, the appropriate number of directors
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shall be elected to the board.] |
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SECTION 3. Section 10(c), Chapter 653, Acts of the 71st |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 1989, is repealed. |
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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. |