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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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Benbrook Water Authority. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 3(c), Chapter 123, Acts of the 54th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 1955, is amended to read as follows: |
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(c) Regular [A regular election for the election of
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Directors shall be held on the first Saturday in April of each year
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after 1969 and before 1994.
After 1993, regular] elections for the |
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election of the appropriate number of Directors must be held on the |
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[a] uniform date in November of each odd-numbered year or another |
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date authorized by law and are governed by Chapters 49 and 51, Water |
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Code. The regular elections shall be called by the Board of |
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Directors. The Board shall appoint the presiding judge who shall |
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appoint an assistant judge and at least two (2) clerks. Notice |
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shall be given the same as is provided for the first election of |
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Directors. Only qualified voters residing in the Authority are |
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entitled to vote at an election of Directors. Directors serve |
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staggered four-year terms, with two or three Directors' terms |
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expiring each odd-numbered year on the date the successors qualify. |
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[After 1969 and before 1997, in even-numbered years the two (2)
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candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected
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to serve for a period of two years and in odd-numbered years the
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three (3) candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be
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elected to serve for two (2) years.
Three Directors shall be
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elected in 1997, and the three candidates receiving the highest
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number of votes in that year shall be elected for a term of three
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years.] In [the election of Directors held in 2000 and in] every |
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[subsequent] election at which three Directors are elected, the |
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three candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be |
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elected for a term of four years. In [the election of Directors
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held in 1998 and in] every [subsequent] election at which two |
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Directors are elected, the two candidates receiving the highest |
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number of votes shall be elected for a term of four years. |
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SECTION 2. A member of the board of directors of the |
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Benbrook Water Authority who is serving on the day before the |
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effective date of this Act shall serve until the expiration of the |
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director's term, as provided by Resolution No. 2012-4 adopted by |
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the board of directors of the Benbrook Water Authority on February |
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7, 2012. |
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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, 2013. |