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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 Real-Edwards |
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Conservation and Reclamation District. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 11, Chapter 341, Acts of the 56th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 1959, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 11. (a) The government and control of the District |
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shall be vested in a Board of Directors consisting of nine [(9)] |
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members. Directors serve staggered four-year terms expiring on |
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January 1 of odd-numbered years. |
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(b) The District shall hold an election on the uniform |
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election date in November of each even-numbered year to elect the |
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appropriate number of Directors [There shall be held in the
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District on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in
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each even-numbered year an election within the District for the
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selection of Directors to succeed those whose terms expire on said
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date.
Such election shall be held in such voting boxes as are
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designated by the Board of Directors, and notice of such election
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shall be given by the Secretary of the Board of Directors by posting
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in three (3) public places within the District a copy of the order
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of the Board of Directors directing the time and places of holding
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the election.
No person shall be selected a Director unless he be
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above the age of twenty-one (21) years and a resident within the
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territorial limits of the District]. |
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(b-1) An applicant to be a candidate for election as a |
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Director must indicate on the application either: |
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(1) the position number of the District that the |
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person seeks to represent; or |
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(2) that the person seeks to run at large. |
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(b-2) To be eligible to be a candidate for Director position |
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number 1, 3, 5, or 7, a person must be a registered voter in Edwards |
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County. |
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(b-3) To be eligible to be a candidate for Director position |
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number 2, 4, 6, or 8, a person must be a registered voter in Real |
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County. |
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(b-4) To be eligible to be a candidate for the at-large |
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position, a person must be a registered voter in the District. |
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(c) Any vacancy occurring in the membership of the Board of |
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Directors shall be filled by the remaining members of the Board for |
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the unexpired term of such office. |
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(d) Before entering upon the duties of [his] office, each |
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member of the Board of Directors shall take the Constitutional oath |
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of office. |
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SECTION 2. (a) A member of the board of directors of the |
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Real-Edwards Conservation and Reclamation District serving on the |
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effective date of this Act shall continue in office until the |
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member's successor qualifies for office. |
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(b) At the election held November 6, 2012, four directors |
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shall be elected from positions 1, 2, 3, and 4. |
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(c) At the election held November 4, 2014, four directors |
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shall be elected from position numbers 5, 6, 7, and 8 and one |
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director shall be elected at large. |
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SECTION 3. 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. |