SECTION 1. Subtitle C, Title
4, Special District Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Chapter 3957 to
read as follows:
CHAPTER 3957. FORT BEND
COUNTY MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICT NO. 2
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL
PROVISIONS
SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
Sec. 3957.051. GOVERNING
BODY; TERMS. (a) The district is governed by a board of five voting directors who serve staggered
terms of four years, with two or three
directors' terms expiring June 1 of each odd-numbered year.
(b) The board by resolution may change the number of voting
directors on the board if the board determines that the change is in the
best interest of the district. The board may not consist of fewer than
five or more than nine voting directors.
Sec. 3957.052. APPOINTMENT OF VOTING DIRECTORS. The Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality shall appoint voting directors from
persons recommended by the board.
Sec. 3957.053. NONVOTING DIRECTORS. The board may appoint
nonvoting directors to serve at the pleasure of the voting directors.
Sec. 3957.054. QUORUM.
For purposes of determining the requirements for a quorum of the board, the
following are not counted:
(1) a board position
vacant for any reason, including death, resignation, or disqualification;
(2) a director who is
abstaining from participation in a vote because of a conflict of interest; or
(3) a nonvoting director.
Sec. 3957.055. COMPENSATION
Sec. 3957.056. INITIAL
VOTING DIRECTORS. (a) On or after the effective date of the Act enacting
this chapter, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of
the real property in the district according to the most recent certified
tax appraisal roll for the county may submit a petition to the Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality requesting that the commission appoint
as initial voting directors the
five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint the five
persons named in the petition as initial
directors by position.
(b) Of the initial directors, the terms of directors appointed
for positions one through three expire June 1, 2019, and the terms of
directors appointed for positions four and five expire June 1, 2021.
(c) Section 3957.052 does
not apply to this section.
(d) This section expires September 1, 2021.
SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND
DUTIES
SUBCHAPTER D. GENERAL
FINANCIAL PROVISIONS; ASSESSMENTS
SUBCHAPTER E. TAXES AND BONDS
SUBCHAPTER F. DEFINED
AREAS
SUBCHAPTER G. DISSOLUTION
AND MUNICIPAL ANNEXATION
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SECTION 1. Subtitle C, Title
4, Special District Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Chapter 3957 to
read as follows:
CHAPTER 3957. FORT BEND
COUNTY MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICT NO. 2
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL
PROVISIONS
SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
Sec. 3957.051. GOVERNING
BODY; TERMS. (a) The district is governed by a board of five directors elected in the manner provided by Sections
49.102 and 49.103, Water Code.
(b) Except as provided by Section 3957.054, directors
serve staggered four-year terms.
Sec. 3957.052. QUORUM.
For purposes of determining the requirements for a quorum of the board, the
following are not counted:
(1) a board position
vacant for any reason, including death, resignation, or disqualification;
or
(2) a director who is
abstaining from participation in a vote because of a conflict of interest.
Sec. 3957.053.
COMPENSATION.
Sec. 3957.054. TEMPORARY VOTING
DIRECTORS. (a) On or after the effective date of the Act enacting this
chapter, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the
real property in the district according to the most recent certified tax
appraisal roll for the county may submit a petition to the Texas Commission
on Environmental Quality requesting that the commission appoint as temporary voting directors the five
persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint the five
persons named in the petition as temporary
directors by position.
(b) The temporary directors shall hold an election to elect
five permanent directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
(c) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:
(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Subsection
(b); or
(2) the fourth anniversary of the effective date of the Act
enacting this chapter.
(d) If permanent directors have not been elected under
Subsection (b) and the terms of the temporary directors have expired,
successor temporary directors shall be appointed or reappointed as provided
by Subsection (e) to serve terms that expire on the earlier of:
(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Subsection
(b); or
(2) the fourth anniversary of the date of the appointment or
reappointment.
(e) If Subsection (d) applies, the owner or owners of a
majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district may
submit a petition to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
requesting that the commission appoint as successor temporary directors the
five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as
successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.
(f) Section 3957.051 does
not apply to this section.
SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND
DUTIES
SUBCHAPTER D. GENERAL
FINANCIAL PROVISIONS; ASSESSMENTS
SUBCHAPTER E. TAXES AND
BONDS
SUBCHAPTER F. DEFINED
AREAS
SUBCHAPTER G. DISSOLUTION
AND MUNICIPAL ANNEXATION
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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, lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of
representatives within the required time.
(d) The general law relating
to consent by political subdivisions to the creation of districts with
conservation, reclamation, and road powers and the inclusion of land in
those districts has been complied with.
(e) 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 have been fulfilled and accomplished.
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SECTION 3. Same as introduced
version.
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