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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the election of levee improvement district directors. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 57.051, Water Code, is amended to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 57.051. APPOINTMENT OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS. (a) The |
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commissioners court which creates a levee improvement district |
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under this chapter, by majority vote, shall appoint three directors |
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for the district. |
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(b) The governing body of a levee improvement district |
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consisting of three directors appointed by commissioners court may |
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petition commissioners court to increase the total number of |
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directors serving on the governing body of the levee improvement |
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district. Upon receipt of a petition under this subsection, |
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commissioners court may appoint up to two additional directors to |
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serve on the governing body of the district. |
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SECTION 2. Section 57.058, Water Code, is amended to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 57.058. NUMBER OF ELECTED DIRECTORS; TERMS. In |
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districts which have elected boards, there shall be five directors |
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on the board. All five directors [In countywide districts, one
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director] shall be elected by the electors of the entire district. |
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The initial elected directors shall draw lots to determine which |
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two initial directors serve two-year terms and which three initial |
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directors serve four-year terms [and one director elected from each
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county commissioners precinct by the electors of that precinct. In
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other districts, all five directors shall be elected from precincts
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within the district to be established by the commissioners court]. |
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SECTION 3. Section 57.060, Water Code, is amended to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 57.060. PETITION. Before an election is held under |
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Section 57.057, a petition, signed by at least 10 percent of the |
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total number of [100] electors in the district who are qualified to |
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vote, shall be presented to the district requesting that an |
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election be held in the district to determine whether or not |
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directors for the district should be elected [and, if so, to elect
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directors to serve until the next regular director election. The
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petition shall include the name of one or more nominees for each
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director's position]. |
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If the results of an election held under |
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Section 57.057 determine that directors will be elected, the |
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current directors continue to serve until the elected directors |
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qualify to take office. |
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SECTION 4. The changes in law made by Section 57.058, Water |
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Code, as amended by this Act, apply only to an election of directors |
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held on or after the effective date of this Act. An election of |
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directors held before the effective date of this Act is subject to |
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the law in effect on the date the election is held, and that law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |