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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the presiding officers of the boards of directors of |
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river authorities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Title 5, Water Code, is amended by designating |
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Chapter 152 as Subtitle A and adding a subtitle heading to read as |
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follows: |
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SUBTITLE A. RIVER AUTHORITIES |
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SECTION 2. Subtitle A, Title 5, Water Code, as added by this |
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Act, is amended by adding Chapter 150 to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 150. PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO RIVER AUTHORITIES |
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Sec. 150.0001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: |
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(1) "Board" means the board of directors of a river |
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authority. |
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(2) "River authority" means the San Antonio River |
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Authority and a district that: |
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(A) is created by the legislature under the |
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authority of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, as a |
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regional water management entity to provide water development and |
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planning services and other services to a river basin or portion of |
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a river basin; |
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(B) contains one or more counties within its |
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boundaries; and |
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(C) is governed by a board of directors appointed |
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or designated wholly or partly by the governor. |
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Sec. 150.0002. PRESIDING OFFICER. (a) This section does |
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not apply to a district with an entirely elected board or the Upper |
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Neches River Municipal Water Authority. |
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(b) The governor shall designate a member of the board of a |
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river authority as the presiding officer of the board to serve in |
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that capacity at the pleasure of the governor. |
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SECTION 3. (a) In this section, "river authority" has the |
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meaning assigned by Section 150.0001, Water Code, as added by this |
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Act. |
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(b) For each river authority for which the governor was not |
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required to designate a presiding officer of the board of directors |
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for that river authority before the effective date of this Act and |
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for which the governor is required to designate a presiding officer |
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under Section 150.0002, Water Code, as added by this Act, the |
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governor shall designate a presiding officer of the board of |
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directors of the river authority not later than January 31, 2022. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |