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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the election date of the North Plains Groundwater |
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Conservation District. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 1A(b), Chapter 498, Acts of the 54th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 1955, is amended to read as follows: |
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(b) A Directors' election shall be held on a [the] uniform |
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election date [in May] in each even-numbered year to elect the |
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appropriate number of Directors. |
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SECTION 2. If the board of directors of the North Plains |
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Groundwater Conservation District changes the election date for the |
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district as provided by Section 1A(b), Chapter 498, Acts of the 54th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 1955, as amended by this Act, the |
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board shall adjust the terms of office to conform to the new |
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election date and the requirements of Section 30(c), Article XVI, |
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Texas Constitution. |
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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 September 1, 2015. |