H.B. No. 1944

	AN ACT
	relating to the election of the board of directors of the Crockett
	County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Subtitle I, Title 6, Special District Local Laws
	Code, is amended by adding Chapter 9035 to read as follows:
	CHAPTER 9035. CROCKETT COUNTY WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT
	DISTRICT NO. 1
	SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
	Sec. 9035.001.  DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
	(1)  "Board" means the district's board of directors.
	(2)  "Director" means a board member.
	(3)  "District" means the Crockett County Water Control
	and Improvement District No. 1.
	[Sections 9035.002-9035.050 reserved for expansion]
	SUBCHAPTER B.  BOARD OF DIRECTORS
	Sec. 9035.051. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS. (a)  Notwithstanding
	Section 49.103(b), Water Code, on the uniform election date in
	November of each even-numbered year, the district shall hold an
	election to elect the appropriate number of directors to the board.
	(b)  The election may be held at any location that is in the
	boundaries of:
	(1)  the district; and
	(2)  Crockett County.
	SECTION 2.  (a)  All governmental acts and proceedings of the
	Crockett County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1
	relating to the election of members of the board of directors of the
	district that were taken before the effective date of this Act are
	validated, ratified, and confirmed in all respects as if they had
	been taken as authorized by law.
	(b)  This section does not apply to any matter that on the
	effective date of this Act:
	(1)  is involved in litigation if the litigation
	ultimately results in the matter being held invalid by a final court
	judgment; or
	(2)  has been held invalid by a final court judgment.
	SECTION 3.  A director of the board of the Crockett County
	Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 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 2012
	shall serve until the director's successor has qualified following
	the directors' election held on the uniform election date in
	November 2012 in accordance with Section 9035.051, Special District
	Local Laws Code, as added by this Act.  A director whose term
	expires in May 2014 shall serve until the director's successor has
	qualified following the directors' election held on the uniform
	election date in November 2014.
	SECTION 4.  (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 5.  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, 2011.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 1944 was passed by the House on April
	14, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 142, Nays 0, 1 present, not
	voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 1944 was passed by the Senate on May
	5, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED:  _____________________
	Date
	_____________________
	Governor