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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to access by members of certain electric cooperatives to |
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meetings of the boards of directors and certain information of the |
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electric cooperatives. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 161, Utilities Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 161.0721 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 161.0721. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS IN CERTAIN LARGE |
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COOPERATIVES. (a) This section applies only to an electric |
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cooperative with more than 180,000 members that is partially |
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located in a county with a population of more than one million and |
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less than 1.5 million. |
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(b) Directors may be elected only by district. The board |
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shall establish single-member districts from which the directors |
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are to be elected. In establishing districts, the board shall |
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attempt to have directors represent geographic areas with equal |
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numbers of people. |
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(c) A member may vote for a director to represent a district |
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only if the member resides in that district. |
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SECTION 2. The changes in law made by Section 161.0721, |
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Utilities Code, as added by this Act, apply only to a director |
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election held on or after the effective date of this Act. A |
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director election held before the effective date of this Act is |
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subject to the law in effect on the date the election is held, and |
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that law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |