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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of a municipality to remove directors of |
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the North Texas Municipal Water District. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 3(a), Chapter 62, Acts of the 52nd |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 1951, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 3(a). All powers of the District shall be exercised by |
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a board of directors. Such directors shall be appointed by majority |
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vote for the governing body of each of the cities contained in the |
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District. In appointing the first directors for a city containing |
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5,000 population or more according to the most recent Federal |
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Census, the governing body of such city shall appoint one director |
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who shall serve to and including May 31, 1952, and one who shall |
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serve to and including May 31, 1953. In May, 1952, and in May of |
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each year thereafter, the governing body of such city shall appoint |
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one director for the two year term beginning on June 1 of that year. |
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In appointing the first director for a city of less than 5,000 |
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population, according to the most recent Federal Census, the |
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governing body of such city shall appoint one director who shall |
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serve to and including May 31, 1952. In May, 1952, and in May of |
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each even year thereafter, the governing body shall appoint one |
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director for the two year term beginning on June 1 of that year. |
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Each director shall serve for his term of office as herein provided, |
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and thereafter until his successor shall be appointed and |
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qualified. Notwithstanding any other law, a director serves at the |
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pleasure of the governing body of the city that appointed the |
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director and may be removed by the governing body at any time |
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without cause. No person shall be appointed a director unless he |
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resides in and owns taxable property in the city from which he is |
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appointed. No member of a governing body of a city, and no employee |
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of a city, shall be appointed as director. Such directors shall |
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subscribe to the Constitutional oath of office, and each shall give |
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bond for the faithful performance of his duties in the amount of |
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$5,000.00, the cost of which shall be paid by the District. A |
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majority shall constitute a quorum. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |