By: Vasut H.B. No. 5387
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the election, terms, and resignation of the board of
  commissioners of the Brazoria Drainage District No. 4.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 7(a), Chapter 991, Acts of the 74th
  Legislature, Regular Session, 1995, is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The district is managed by a board of three
  commissioners as provided by Chapter 56, Water Code, and each holds
  an elected office designated as Place No. 1, Place No. 2, or Place
  No. 3. The board shall call and hold elections for the appropriate
  number of commissioners on the uniform election date in May
  [November] of each even-numbered year. Notwithstanding Section
  56.063, Water Code, the commissioners serve staggered four-year
  terms, each beginning June [January] 1 of the year following the
  commissioner's election and continuing until the commissioner's
  successor in office is elected and has qualified.
         SECTION 2.  Chapter 991, Acts of the 74th Legislature,
  Regular Session, 1995, is amended to add Section 7(a-1) to read as
  follows:
         (a-1)  If a commissioner announces his candidacy, or shall in
  fact become a candidate, in any general, special, or primary
  election, for any office of profit or trust under the laws of this
  State or the United States other than the office of commissioner of
  the board of this district, such announcement or candidacy shall
  constitute an automatic resignation from office.
         SECTION 3.  Sections 7(b), (c), (d), (e), and (i), Chapter
  991, Acts of the 74th Legislature, Regular Session, 1995, are
  repealed.
         SECTION 4.  (a)  The Brazoria Drainage District No. 4 shall
  hold the first election to elect commissioners for Place No. 1 and
  Place No. 2 as described by Section 7(a), Chapter 991, Acts of the
  74th Legislature, Regular Session, 1995, as amended by this Act, on
  the uniform election date in May 2024.
         (b)  The Brazoria Drainage District No. 4 shall hold the
  first election to elect the commissioner for Place No. 3 as
  described by Section 7(a), Chapter 991, Acts of the 74th
  Legislature, Regular Session, 1995, as amended by this Act, on the
  uniform election date in May 2026.
         (c)  The terms of the commissioners currently serving on the
  board of commissioners for Place No. 1 and Place No. 2 on the
  effective date of this Act expire on the later of January 1, 2025 or
  the date the commissioners elected under Subsection (a) of this
  section have qualified.
         (d)  The term of the commissioner currently serving on the
  board of commissioners for Place No. 3 on the effective date of this
  Act expires on the later of January 1, 2027 or the date the
  commissioner elected under Subsection (b) of this section has
  qualified.
         SECTION 5.  (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 6.  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, 2023.