S.B. No. 814
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the board of directors of the Agua Special Utility
  District.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 7201.052, Special District Local Laws
  Code, is amended by amending Subsections (a), (b), (c), and (l) and
  adding Subsection (m) to read as follows:
         (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (l), the district shall
  be governed by a board of seven directors, elected as follows:
               (1)  one director elected by the voters of the part of
  the City of Mission inside the district to represent that part of
  the city;
               (2)  one director elected by the voters of the City of
  Palmview to represent that city;
               (3)  one director elected by the voters of the City of
  Penitas to represent that city;
               (4)  one director elected by the voters of the City of
  Sullivan City to represent that city; [and]
               (5)  one director elected by the voters of the part of
  the City of La Joya within the district to represent that part of
  the city; and
               (6)  two [three] directors elected at-large to numbered
  positions on the board by the district voters who do not reside in
  any of the municipalities listed in Subdivisions (1)-(5) [(1)-(4)]
  to represent the part of the district that is not included in those
  municipalities, unless the number of at-large directors is
  increased under Subsection (l).
         (b)  A candidate for one of the numbered director positions:
               (1)  must reside in the part of the service area of the
  district that is not included in any of the municipalities listed in
  Subsections (a)(1)-(5) [(a)(1)-(4)]; and
               (2)  must be eligible to hold office under Section
  141.001, Election Code.
         (c)  A candidate for one of the director positions
  representing a municipality listed in Subsection (a)(1), (2), (3),
  [or] (4), or (5):
               (1)  must reside in the municipality the candidate
  seeks to represent; and
               (2)  must be eligible to hold office under Section
  141.001, Election Code.
         (l)  If, before the expiration of the term of a director
  elected to represent a municipality under Subsection (a)(1), (2),
  (3), [or] (4), or (5), the district determines that all of the
  incorporated territory of the municipality is outside the
  boundaries of the district, the position immediately becomes an
  at-large numbered position to be filled at the next general
  election of the district in accordance with Subsections (a)(6)
  [(a)(5)] and (b).
         (m)  If a director is an employee of another taxing entity
  within the district, the board may not employ as an employee, as a
  consultant, or on a contract basis:
               (1)  an elected official of the other taxing entity
  that employs the director; or
               (2)  a person related to that elected official in the
  third degree of consanguinity or affinity as determined under
  Chapter 573, Government Code.
         SECTION 2.  (a)  The position of director of the Agua
  Special Utility District elected at-large for a term that expires
  in 2018 becomes the position for the director elected from the City
  of La Joya on the election date in 2018 when the district elects new
  directors. The director of the Agua Special Utility District
  elected at-large to a term that expires in 2018 shall serve until a
  director elected from the City of La Joya has qualified following
  the director's election held in 2018.
         (b)  This section expires September 1, 2020.
         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, 2017.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 814 passed the Senate on
  April 27, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that
  the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 27, 2017, by the
  following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 814 passed the House, with
  amendment, on May 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 140,
  Nays 4, four present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor