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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the period for confirmation and the terms of the |
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temporary directors of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility |
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District No. 117. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 8268.021, Special District Local Laws |
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Code, is amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections |
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(c) and (d) to read as follows: |
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(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of: |
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(1) the date initial directors are elected under |
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Section 8268.023; or |
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(2) September 1, 2013 [the date this subchapter
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expires under Section 8268.025]. |
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(c) If initial directors have not been elected under Section |
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8268.023 and the terms of the temporary directors have expired, |
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successor temporary directors shall be appointed or reappointed as |
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provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that expire on the earlier |
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of: |
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(1) the date initial directors are elected under |
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Section 8268.023; or |
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(2) the fourth anniversary of the date of the |
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appointment or reappointment. |
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(d) If Subsection (c) applies, the owner or owners of a |
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majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district |
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may submit a petition to the Texas Commission on Environmental |
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Quality requesting that the commission appoint as successor |
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temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The |
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commission shall appoint as successor temporary directors the five |
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persons named in the petition. |
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SECTION 2. Sections 8268.003 and 8268.025, Special District |
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Local Laws Code, are repealed. |
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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. |