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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the term of office and qualifications for a director of |
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the Colorado County Groundwater Conservation District. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (c), Section 8824.051, Special |
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District Local Laws Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(c) A director may serve only two full consecutive terms in |
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the same position.
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SECTION 2. Subsection (a), Section 8824.052, Special |
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District Local Laws Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Except as provided by Subsection (e), the directors of |
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the district shall be elected as follows: |
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(1) the directors for positions 1 through 4 must |
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reside in Colorado County Commissioners Precincts 1 through 4, |
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respectively, and are elected by the voters of the applicable |
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county commissioners precinct; and |
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(2) the directors for positions 5 through 7 must |
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reside in Colorado County [the cities of Columbus, Eagle Lake, and |
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Weimar, respectively,] and are elected at large by the voters of the
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district. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act does not |
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affect the term of a member of the board of directors of the |
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Colorado County Groundwater Conservation District serving on the |
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effective date of this Act. A director appointed to fill a vacancy |
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occurring on or after the effective date of this Act must be |
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appointed in accordance with Subsection (c), Section 8824.051, and |
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Subsection (a), Section 8824.052, Special District Local Laws Code, |
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as amended by this Act. |
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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. |
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