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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the composition of the board of directors of the Fort |
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Bend Subsidence District. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 8834.051, Special District Local Laws |
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Code, is amended by amending Subsections (a) and (d) and adding |
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Subsections (h) and (i) to read as follows: |
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(a) The district is governed by a board of 15 [13] directors |
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appointed as provided by this section. |
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(d) The persons designated by Subsections (e), (f), [and] |
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(g), and (h) shall appoint directors in January to fill vacancies |
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caused by the expiration of directors' terms. The district shall |
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mail notice regarding the necessity of an appointment to the |
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persons designated by Subsections (e), (f), [and] (g), and (h) not |
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later than the 20th day before the date of the board's January |
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meeting. |
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(h) The board of directors of the North Fort Bend Water |
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Authority shall appoint two directors. |
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(i) The directors shall serve staggered terms as follows: |
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(1) five members appointed under Subsection (e) and |
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four members appointed under Subsection (f) shall serve terms |
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expiring on January 1 of odd-numbered years; and |
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(2) one member appointed under Subsection (e), two |
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members appointed under Subsection (f), one member appointed under |
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Subsection (g), and two members appointed under Subsection (h) |
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shall serve terms expiring on January 1 of even-numbered years. |
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SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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of this Act, the board of directors of the North Fort Bend Water |
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Authority shall appoint two members of the board of directors of the |
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Fort Bend Subsidence District as provided by Section 8834.051, |
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Special District Local Laws Code, as amended by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. The Fort Bend Subsidence District retains all |
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the rights, powers, privileges, authority, duties, and functions |
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that it had before the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 4. (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 5. 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. |