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          A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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          AN ACT
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        relating to the date for the election of directors of the Hill  | 
      
      
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        Country Underground 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 8844.104, Special District Local Laws  | 
      
      
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        Code, is amended to read as follows: | 
      
      
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               Sec. 8844.104.  ELECTION DATE.  Each even-numbered  | 
      
      
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        [odd-numbered] year, the board shall hold an election in the  | 
      
      
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        district on the uniform election date in November [May] to elect the  | 
      
      
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        appropriate number of directors. | 
      
      
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               SECTION 2.  Notwithstanding Section 8844.102, Special  | 
      
      
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        District Local Laws Code: | 
      
      
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                     (1)  a member of the board of directors of the Hill  | 
      
      
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        Country Underground Water Conservation District elected in May 2009  | 
      
      
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        shall serve until the member's successor has qualified following  | 
      
      
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        the directors' election held on the uniform election date in  | 
      
      
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        November 2012 in accordance with Section 8844.104, Special District  | 
      
      
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        Local Laws Code, as amended by this Act; and | 
      
      
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                     (2)  a member of the board of directors of the Hill  | 
      
      
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        Country Underground Water Conservation District elected in May 2011  | 
      
      
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        shall serve until the member's successor has qualified following  | 
      
      
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        the directors' election held on the uniform election date in  | 
      
      
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        November 2014 in accordance with Section 8844.104, Special District  | 
      
      
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        Local Laws Code, as amended by this Act. | 
      
      
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               SECTION 3.  (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 4.  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. | 
      
      
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