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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the appointment and election of levee improvement |
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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) In a district with a population of 2,000 or more the |
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commissioners court may increase the total number of directors to |
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five. The additional members appointed under this section must be |
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registered voters in 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 the greater of at least 10 |
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percent of the total number of [100] electors or 100 electors in the |
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district who are qualified to vote, shall be presented to the |
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district requesting that an election be held in the district to |
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determine whether or not directors for the district should be |
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elected [and, if so, to elect directors to serve until the next
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regular director election. The petition shall include the name of
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one or more nominees for each director's position]. If the results |
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of an election held under Section 57.057 determine that directors |
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will be elected, the current directors continue to serve until the |
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elected directors qualify to take office. |
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SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act to Section |
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57.058, Water Code, apply only to an election of directors held on |
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or after the effective date of this Act. An election of directors |
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held before the effective date of this Act is subject to the law in |
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effect on the date the election is held, and that law is continued |
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in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |