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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the Lazy W District No. 1. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Chapter 8380, Special District |
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Local Laws Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 8380. LAZY W CONSERVATION DISTRICT [NO. 1] |
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SECTION 2. Section 8380.001(4), Special District Local Laws |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(4) "District" means the Lazy W Conservation District |
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[No. 1]. |
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SECTION 3. Subchapter B, Chapter 8380, Special District |
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Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 8380.053 to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 8380.053. QUORUM; TELEPHONE AND VIDEO CONFERENCING |
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PERMITTED; MEETING LOCATION. (a) Notwithstanding Section 551.127, |
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Government Code, the board may hold a meeting by telephone or video |
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conference call if necessary to establish a quorum, provided that |
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not more than two directors participate without being physically |
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present at the district's designated meeting location. |
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(b) A meeting that a director attends by telephone or video |
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conference call must be held at the district's designated location |
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as specified in the notice required under Section 551.125, |
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Government Code, at which at least one director must be physically |
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present. |
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SECTION 4. Section 8380.107, Special District Local Laws |
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Code, is amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: |
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(e) The district may purchase, sell, breed, raise, and own |
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wildlife and may perform animal husbandry activities not otherwise |
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prohibited by federal or state law. |
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SECTION 5. Section 8380.109(a), Special District Local Laws |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The district may adopt and enforce rules: |
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(1) to administer and operate the district; |
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(2) to govern the use, availability, protection, |
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security, and maintenance of the district's property and |
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facilities; [and] |
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(3) to provide for public safety and security; and |
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(4) to protect and maintain the district's wildlife |
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and the wildlife habitat, facilities, improvements, and |
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infrastructure as necessary to provide for the maintenance, |
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protection, sustenance, and welfare of the wildlife. |
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SECTION 6. Section 8380.053, Special District Local Laws |
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Code, as added by this Act, applies only to a meeting called by the |
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board of directors of the Lazy W Conservation District for which |
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notice is posted on or after the effective date of this Act. A |
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meeting called by that board for which notice is posted before the |
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effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the |
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date the notice is posted, and that law is continued in effect for |
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that purpose. |
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SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |