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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the election of members of the board of directors of the |
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Middle Pecos Groundwater Conservation District. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 8, Chapter 1299, Acts of the 77th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 8. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS. On the uniform election date |
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in November [first Saturday in May] of each [the first] |
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even-numbered year [after the year in which the district is
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authorized to be created at a confirmation election and on the first
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Saturday in May of each subsequent second year], an election shall |
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be held in the district to elect the appropriate number of |
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directors. |
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SECTION 2. A director of the board of the Middle Pecos |
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Groundwater Conservation District who is serving on the day before |
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the effective date of this Act shall serve until the director's term |
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expires. A director whose term expires in May 2012 shall continue |
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to serve until the director's successor has qualified following the |
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directors' election held on the uniform election date in November |
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2012 in accordance with Section 8, Chapter 1299, Acts of the 77th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, as amended by this Act. A |
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director whose term expires in May 2014 shall continue to serve |
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until the director's successor has qualified following the |
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directors' election held on the uniform election date in November |
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2014. |
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SECTION 3. (a) All governmental acts and proceedings of the |
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Middle Pecos Groundwater 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, 2011. |