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By: Geren (Senate Sponsor - Hancock) |
H.B. No. 3900 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2013; |
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April 30, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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Natural Resources; May 8, 2013, reported favorably by the |
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following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 8, 2013, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the board of directors of the Tarrant Regional Water |
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District. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 268, Acts of the 55th Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 1957, is amended by adding Section 1A to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 1A. (a) The district shall be governed by a board of |
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five elected directors. |
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(b) Directors serve staggered four-year terms and until |
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their successors have qualified. |
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(c) On the uniform election date in May of each odd-numbered |
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year, the appropriate number of directors shall be elected. |
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SECTION 2. (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 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, 2013. |
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