87R12026 ANG-F
 
  By: Buckingham S.B. No. 2148
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the election of members of the board of directors of the
  Travis County Water Control and Improvement District No. 17.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 9017, Special District Local Laws Code,
  is amended by adding Subchapter C to read as follows:
  SUBCHAPTER C. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
         Sec. 9017.101.  GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. (a) The district is
  governed by a board of five directors.
         (b)  Directors serve staggered four-year terms, with two or
  three directors' terms expiring at the first meeting of the board
  after the November election in even-numbered years and after the
  board has canvassed the votes and the newly elected directors have
  qualified for office and taken the constitutional oath.
         Sec. 9017.102.  ELECTION DATE. The district shall hold an
  election to elect the appropriate number of directors on the
  uniform election date prescribed by Section 41.001, Election Code,
  in November of each even-numbered year.
         SECTION 2.  A director of the board of the Travis County
  Water Control and Improvement District No. 17 who is serving on the
  day before the effective date of this Act shall serve until the
  director's term expires. A director whose term expires in May 2022
  shall continue to serve until the director's successor has
  qualified for office and taken the constitutional oath following
  the directors' election held on November 8, 2022, in accordance
  with Sections 9017.101 and 9017.102, Special District Local Laws
  Code, as added by this Act. A director whose term expires in May
  2024 shall continue to serve until the director's successor has
  qualified for office and taken the constitutional oath following
  the directors' election held on November 5, 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 immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2021.