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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to eligibility to serve as a member of the board of |
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directors of the West Central Texas Municipal Water District. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 3(a), (b), (c), and (d), Chapter 66, |
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Acts of the 54th Legislature, Regular Session, 1955, are amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) All powers of the District shall be exercised by a Board |
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of Directors. Each city in the District[, each of whom] shall |
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appoint a person to the Board of Directors, as provided by this |
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section, [be appointed] by majority vote of the governing body of a |
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[the] city [in which he resides]. |
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(b) The number of Directors to be appointed by [from] each |
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city in the District shall be governed by the population of the |
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city, according to the most recent Federal Census, as follows: |
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(1) each [Each] city having a population of ten |
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thousand (10,000) or less, shall appoint two (2) Directors; and |
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(2) each [Each] city having a population of more than |
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ten thousand (10,000), shall appoint two (2) Directors plus one (1) |
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Director for each ten thousand (10,000) population or part thereof |
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over ten thousand (10,000), provided however, that no city shall |
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appoint more than one-half (1/2) of the members of the Board. |
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(c) In [the appointment of Directors from each city which is |
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entitled to appoint more than one (1) Director, not less than one |
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(1) Director shall serve to and including May 31, 1956, and not less |
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than one (1) shall serve to and including May 31, 1957, the |
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Directors to serve for the short term and those to serve for the |
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long term shall be specified by the governing body of the city; in |
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May of 1956 and in] May of each year the governing body of each |
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[such] city shall appoint the necessary Director or Directors for |
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the two (2) year term beginning June 1st of that year. The first |
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Director appointed by [from] any city, hereafter annexed to the |
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District, which is entitled to only one (1) Director, may be |
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appointed for a term ending on a May 31st not more than two (2) years |
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from date of appointment. The subsequent Director or Directors |
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shall be appointed as provided above. |
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(d) Each Director shall serve for the Director's [his] term |
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of office as herein provided, and thereafter until a [his] |
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successor shall be appointed and qualified. No person shall be |
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appointed a Director unless the person [he] resides in and owns |
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taxable property in a county in which the city that [from which he |
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is] appointed the person is located. No member of a governing body |
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of a city, and no employee of a city shall be appointed as Director. |
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Such Directors shall subscribe the Constitutional oath of office, |
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and each shall give bond for the faithful performance of the |
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Director's [his] duties in the amount of Five Thousand Dollars |
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($5,000), the cost of which shall be paid by the District. A |
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majority shall constitute a quorum. If any Director no longer |
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resides in and owns taxable property in a county in which the city |
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that appointed the Director is located [moves from the city from |
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which he is appointed], the governing body of such city shall |
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appoint a Director to succeed that Director [him], for the |
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unexpired term. |
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SECTION 2. The West Central Texas Municipal Water District |
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retains all rights, powers, privileges, authority, duties, and |
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functions that it had before the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. (a) The legal notice of the intention to |
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introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this |
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Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a |
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copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies, |
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officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished |
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under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313, |
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Government Code. |
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(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has |
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submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on |
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Environmental Quality. |
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(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed |
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its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the |
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lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of |
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representatives within the required time. |
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(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this |
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state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect |
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to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled |
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and accomplished. |
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SECTION 4. 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, 2023. |