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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to renaming the Corn Hill Regional Water Authority as the |
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Lone Star Regional Water Authority; altering the governing body's |
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membership. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Chapter 8364, Special District |
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Local Laws Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 8364. LONE STAR [CORN HILL] REGIONAL WATER AUTHORITY |
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SECTION 2. Section 8364.001(1), Special District Local Laws |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(1) "Authority" means the Lone Star [Corn Hill] |
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Regional Water Authority. |
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SECTION 3. Section 8364.051, Special District Local Laws |
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Code, is amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection |
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(e) to read as follows: |
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(c) Except as provided by Subsection (e), each [Each] member |
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entity shall appoint two directors. |
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(e) If at any time the number of member entities is more than |
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five, the board may adopt a resolution providing that each member |
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entity shall appoint one director. A resolution adopted under this |
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subsection must be approved by an affirmative vote of not less than |
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75 percent of the directors then serving, with at least one director |
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from each member entity present and voting in favor of the |
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resolution. If the board passes a resolution under this subsection, |
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the terms of the directors then serving shall expire on the first |
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day of September following the date the resolution is adopted, and |
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not later than the first day of October following the date the |
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resolution is adopted, each member entity shall appoint one |
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director. |
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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, 2015. |
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