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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the composition of the board of directors and the powers |
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of the Presidio County Underground Water Conservation District. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 5, Chapter 453, Acts of the 73rd |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 1993, is amended to read as follows: |
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SECTION 5. POWERS. (a) The district has all of the rights, |
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powers, privileges, authority, functions, and duties provided by |
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the general law of this state, including Chapters 50 and 52, Water |
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Code, applicable to groundwater [underground water] conservation |
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districts created under Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas |
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Constitution. This Act prevails over any provision of general law |
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that is in conflict or inconsistent with this Act. |
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(b) The rights, powers, privileges, authority, functions, |
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and duties of the district are subject to the continuing right of |
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supervision of the state to be exercised by and through the Texas |
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[Water] Commission on Environmental Quality. |
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(c) Section 36.121, Water Code, does not apply to the |
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district. |
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SECTION 2. Section 6, Chapter 453, Acts of the 73rd |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 1993, is amended by amending |
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Subsections (a), (g), and (h) and adding Subsections (d-1) and |
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(d-2) to read as follows: |
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(a) The district is governed by a board of seven [five] |
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directors. |
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(d-1) One member of the board shall be appointed by the |
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governing body of the City of Marfa. |
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(d-2) One member of the board shall be appointed by the |
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governing body of the City of Presidio. |
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(g) A [If there is a] vacancy on the board shall be filled |
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for the unexpired term in the same manner provided for the |
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appointment of the position [, the commissioners court of Presidio |
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County, as appropriate, shall appoint a director to serve the |
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remainder of the term]. |
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(h) An appointing entity [The commissioners court of |
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Presidio County, as appropriate,] shall appoint a director to |
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succeed a director appointed by that entity on or before the date |
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the director's term expires. |
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SECTION 3. Section 6(e), Chapter 453, Acts of the 73rd |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 1993, is repealed. |
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SECTION 4. (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 5. 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, 2025. |