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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the board of directors of the Lone Star Groundwater |
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Conservation District. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 6(a) and (c), Chapter 1321, Acts of the |
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77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, are amended to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) The district is governed by a board of seven elected |
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[nine] directors. |
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(c) Permanent directors serve staggered four-year terms. A |
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director may not serve more than three full terms. |
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SECTION 2. The heading to Section 7, Chapter 1321, Acts of |
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the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, is amended to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 7. ELECTION [APPOINTMENT] OF DIRECTORS. |
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SECTION 3. Section 7(a), Chapter 1321, Acts of the 77th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The members of the board are elected [appointed] as |
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follows: |
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(1) one director is elected from each of the four |
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county commissioners precincts by the voters of the applicable |
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precinct to be designated as the director whose place number |
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matches the applicable precinct number [the Commissioners Court of
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Montgomery County shall appoint two directors]; |
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(2) one director is elected by the voters of the |
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district at large to be designated as the director for place number |
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five; |
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(3) one director is elected from the City of Conroe by |
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the voters of that municipality; and |
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(4) one director is elected from the Woodlands |
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Township by the voters of that township [the board of directors of
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the Montgomery County Soil and Water Conservation District shall
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appoint one director;
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[(3)
the board of directors of the San Jacinto River
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Authority shall appoint one director;
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[(4)
the mayor of the City of Conroe shall appoint one
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director;
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[(5)
the mayors of all of the incorporated
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municipalities, other than the City of Conroe, located in whole or
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in part in Montgomery County, jointly shall appoint one director;
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[(6)
the board of trustees of the Woodlands Joint
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Powers Agency shall appoint one director;
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[(7)
the boards of directors of all of the municipal
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utility districts located in whole or in part in Montgomery County
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that are not members of the Woodlands Joint Powers Agency and the
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district boundaries of which are located primarily to the east of
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Interstate Highway 45 jointly shall appoint one director; and
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[(8)
the boards of directors of all of the municipal
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utility districts located in whole or in part in Montgomery County
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that are not members of the Woodlands Joint Powers Agency and the
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district boundaries of which are located primarily to the west of
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Interstate Highway 45 jointly shall appoint one director]. |
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SECTION 4. Chapter 1321, Acts of the 77th Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 2001, is amended by adding Section 7A to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 7A. TEMPORARY PROVISION. (a) A director of the board |
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of the Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District who is serving |
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on August 31, 2017, shall serve until the director's successor has |
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qualified following the directors' election held on the uniform |
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election date in November 2018. |
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(b) After the November 2018 election, the precinct 1 |
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director, the at-large director, and the director elected by the |
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City of Conroe shall serve a term that expires December 1 of the |
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second year after the date of the election and the directors of |
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precincts 2, 3, and 4 and the director elected by the Woodlands |
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Township shall serve a term that expires December 1 of the fourth |
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year after the date of that election. The initial two-year terms of |
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the precinct 1 director, the at-large director, and the director |
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elected by the City of Conroe do not count toward the term |
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limitation provided by Section 6(c) of this Act. |
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(c) This section expires September 1, 2024. |
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SECTION 5. Sections 7(b), (c), (d), and (e), Chapter 1321, |
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Acts of the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, are repealed. |
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SECTION 6. (a) The legal notice of the intention to |
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introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this |
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Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a |
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copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies, |
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officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished |
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under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313, |
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Government Code. |
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(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has |
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submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on |
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Environmental Quality. |
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(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed |
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its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the |
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lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of |
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representatives within the required time. |
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(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this |
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state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect |
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to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled |
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and accomplished. |
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SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |