| |
|
|
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
|
|
|
AN ACT
|
|
|
relating to the authority of certain ex officio members of the board |
|
|
of directors of a tax increment financing reinvestment zone to |
|
|
elect not to serve on the board. |
|
|
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
|
|
SECTION 1. Chapter 311, Tax Code, is amended by adding |
|
|
Section 311.0092 to read as follows: |
|
|
Sec. 311.0092. NOTICE TO STATE SENATOR AND STATE |
|
|
REPRESENTATIVE; WAIVER OF SERVICE ON BOARD. (a) Not later than |
|
|
the 90th day after the date a member of the state senate or state |
|
|
house of representatives who is an ex officio member of the board of |
|
|
directors of a reinvestment zone under Section 311.009(b) or |
|
|
311.0091(c), as applicable, is elected to the state senate or the |
|
|
state house of representatives, as applicable, at a general or |
|
|
special election, the board shall send to the member of the state |
|
|
senate or state house of representatives written notice by |
|
|
certified mail informing the state senator or state representative |
|
|
of the person's membership on the board. |
|
|
(b) Notwithstanding Section 311.009(b) or 311.0091(c), as |
|
|
applicable, a state senator or state representative may elect not |
|
|
to serve on the board or designate another individual to serve in |
|
|
the member's place. If the state senator or state representative |
|
|
elects not to serve on the board or designate another individual to |
|
|
serve in the member's place, the state senator or state |
|
|
representative shall notify the board in writing as soon as |
|
|
practicable after receipt of the notice under Subsection (a) by |
|
|
certified mail and may not be counted as a member of the board for |
|
|
voting or quorum purposes. |
|
|
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |