By: Seliger  S.B. No. 2030
         (In the Senate - Filed April 1, 2015; April 9, 2015, read
  first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture, Water, and
  Rural Affairs; May 5, 2015, reported favorably by the following
  vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 5, 2015, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the election date of the North Plains Groundwater
  Conservation District.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 1A(b), Chapter 498, Acts of the 54th
  Legislature, Regular Session, 1955, is amended to read as follows:
         (b)  A Directors' election shall be held on a [the] uniform
  election date [in May] in each even-numbered year to elect the
  appropriate number of Directors.
         SECTION 2.  If the board of directors of the North Plains
  Groundwater Conservation District changes the election date for the
  district as provided by Section 1A(b), Chapter 498, Acts of the 54th
  Legislature, Regular Session, 1955, as amended by this Act, the
  board shall adjust the terms of office to conform to the new
  election date and the requirements of Section 30(c), Article XVI,
  Texas Constitution.
         SECTION 3.  (a)  The legal notice of the intention to
  introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
  Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
  copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
  officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
  under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
  Government Code.
         (b)  The governor, one of the required recipients, has
  submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
  Environmental Quality.
         (c)  The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
  its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the
  lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
  representatives within the required time.
         (d)  All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
  state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
  to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
  and accomplished.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
 
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