86R7711 TSR-D
 
  By: Buckingham S.B. No. 2041
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the terms and election of the members of the board of
  directors of the Elm Creek Watershed Authority.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 14, Chapter 273, Acts of the 55th
  Legislature, Regular Session, 1957, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 14.  (a) The Board of Directors of the Authority is
  composed [shall be comprised] of eight persons who serve staggered,
  four-year terms.
         (b)  [Immediately after this Act becomes effective, the
  following named persons shall be the directors of the Authority and
  shall constitute the Board of Directors of said Authority:
               [W. M. Evetts, Route 1, Moody, Texas;
               [David Haggard, Route 4, Oenaville, Texas;
               [J. W. Holmes, Route 2, Rogers, Texas;
               [Buster Griffin, Buckholts, Texas;
               [Jim Reddin, Troy, Texas;
               [Bartle Crenan, Cameron, Texas;
               [Frank Maruna, Temple, Texas; and
               [A. A. Stavinoha, Temple, Texas.
               [The Board of Directors herein appointed shall serve
  until their successors have been duly elected and qualified. The
  first four directors named above shall serve until the second
  Tuesday in January, 1958, and the following four directors shall
  serve until the second Tuesday in January, 1959.] An election for
  directors shall be held on the uniform election date [second
  Tuesday] in November [January] of each odd-numbered year [and as
  herein provided. Four directors shall be elected in each even
  numbered year and four in each odd numbered year].
         (c)  The directors of the Authority or of any subordinate
  district shall be landowners within the Authority and reside within
  Bell, Falls, Milam or McLennan Counties, and shall retain such
  status during their tenure in office or vacate such office.
         SECTION 2.  (a) A director of the Elm Creek Watershed
  Authority elected in May 2019 shall serve until the director's
  successor has qualified following the directors' election held on
  the uniform election date in November 2023.  A director elected on
  the uniform election date in November 2023 serves a four-year term.
         (b)  A director of the Elm Creek Watershed Authority elected
  in 2018 shall serve until the director's successor has qualified
  following the directors' election held on the uniform election date
  in November 2021. A director elected to succeed that director
  serves a four-year term.
         (c)  This section expires September 1, 2024.
         SECTION 3.  (a) The legal notice of the intention to
  introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
  Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
  copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
  officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
  under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
  Government Code.
         (b)  The governor, one of the required recipients, has
  submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
  Environmental Quality.
         (c)  The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
  its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the
  lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
  representatives within the required time.
         (d)  All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
  state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
  to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
  and accomplished.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.