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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the date for the confirmation election for the |
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Southwestern Travis County Groundwater Conservation District. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 8871.024(a) and (e), Special District |
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Local Laws Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The temporary directors shall order an election in the |
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district, to be held not later than the uniform election date in |
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November 2019 [May 2018], to confirm the creation of the district |
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and to elect the initial directors. |
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(e) If the district's creation is not confirmed at an |
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election held under Subsection (a), the candidate who receives a |
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majority of the votes cast at that election for each of the seven |
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positions on the board becomes a temporary director of the |
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district. The temporary directors elected under this subsection |
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shall order a subsequent election to be held to confirm the creation |
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of the district and to elect the initial directors not earlier than |
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the uniform election date in November [May] 2020. |
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SECTION 2. 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. |