86R2146 SLB-D
 
  By: Birdwell S.B. No. 407
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the presiding officers of the boards of directors of
  river authorities.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Title 5, Water Code, is amended by designating
  Chapter 152 as Subtitle A and adding a subtitle heading to read as
  follows:
  SUBTITLE A. RIVER AUTHORITIES
         SECTION 2.  Subtitle A, Title 5, Water Code, as added by this
  Act, is amended by adding Chapter 150 to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 150. PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO RIVER AUTHORITIES
         Sec. 150.0001.  DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
               (1)  "Board" means the board of directors of a river
  authority.
               (2)  "River authority" means a district created under
  the authority of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, as a
  regional water management entity to provide water development and
  planning services and other services to a river basin or portion of
  a river basin.
         Sec. 150.0002.  PRESIDING OFFICER. The governor shall
  designate a member of the board of a river authority as the
  presiding officer of the board to serve in that capacity at the
  pleasure of the governor.
         SECTION 3.  (a) In this section, "river authority" means a
  district created under the authority of Section 59, Article XVI,
  Texas Constitution, as a regional water management entity to
  provide water development and planning services and other services
  to a river basin or portion of a river basin.
         (b)  For each river authority for which the governor was not
  required to designate a presiding officer of the board of directors
  for that river authority before the effective date of this Act, the
  governor shall designate a presiding officer of the board of
  directors of the river authority not later than January 31, 2020.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.