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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the date for the election of directors of the Hill |
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Country Underground Water Conservation District. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 8844.104, Special District Local Laws |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 8844.104. ELECTION DATE. Each odd-numbered |
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[even-numbered] year, the board shall hold an election in the |
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district on the uniform election date in May [November] to elect the |
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appropriate number of directors. Section 41.001(a)(2), Election |
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Code, does not apply to the district. |
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SECTION 2. The board of directors of the Hill Country |
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Underground Water Conservation District shall adjust the terms of |
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office to conform to a change in the election date made by this Act. |
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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, 2015. |