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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 Clear Lake City Water |
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Authority. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 9029.052, Special District Local Laws |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 9029.052. ELIGIBILITY. A person may not be appointed |
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or elected a director unless the person: |
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(1) owns taxable property in the authority; and |
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(2) resides in the single-member precinct the person |
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represents or seeks to represent [authority]. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 9029, Special District |
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Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 9029.055 to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 9029.055. METHOD OF ELECTING DIRECTORS: SINGLE-MEMBER |
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PRECINCTS. (a) As soon as practicable after the effective date of |
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this section, the board shall: |
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(1) divide the authority into five single-member |
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precincts for electing directors; and |
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(2) assign each of the existing board positions to one |
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of the new single-member precincts. |
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(b) If the authority annexes territory, the annexed |
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territory becomes part of one or more of the single-member |
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precincts as determined by the board. |
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(c) One director shall be elected from each single-member |
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precinct. |
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(d) After each federal decennial census or as needed, the |
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board may redraw the single-member precincts to reflect population |
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changes. A director in office on the effective date of a change in |
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the boundaries of a single-member precinct, or a director elected |
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or appointed before the effective date of the change whose term of |
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office begins on or after the effective date of the change, shall |
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serve for the remainder of the director's term in the single-member |
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precinct to which elected or appointed even if the change in |
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boundaries places the director's residence outside the precinct to |
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which the director was elected or appointed. |
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SECTION 3. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies |
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only to a director elected or appointed to serve on the board of |
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directors of the Clear Lake City Water Authority on or after the |
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effective date of this Act. |
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(b) The change in law made by this Act does not affect the |
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term of office of a director serving on the board of directors of |
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the Clear Lake City Water Authority on the effective date of this |
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Act. |
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SECTION 4. (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 5. 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, 2019. |