Bill Text: TX HB2202 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to the appointment and election of levee improvement district directors.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-06-10 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB2202 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB2202-Enrolled.html

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H.B. No. 2202

AN ACT
relating to the appointment and election of levee improvement
district directors.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 57.051, Water Code, is amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 57.051. APPOINTMENT OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS. (a) The
commissioners court which creates a levee improvement district
under this chapter, by majority vote, shall appoint three directors
for the district.
(b) In a district with a population of 2,000 or more the
commissioners court may increase the total number of directors to
five. The additional members appointed under this section must be
registered voters in the district.
SECTION 2. Section 57.058, Water Code, is amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 57.058. NUMBER OF ELECTED DIRECTORS; TERMS. In
districts which have elected boards, there shall be five directors
on the board. The initial elected directors shall draw lots to
determine which two initial directors serve two-year terms and
which three initial directors serve four-year terms. In countywide
districts, one director shall be elected by the electors of the
entire district and one director elected from each county
commissioners precinct by the electors of that precinct. In other
districts, all five directors shall be elected from precincts
within the district to be established by the commissioners court.
SECTION 3. Section 57.060, Water Code, is amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 57.060. PETITION. Before an election is held under
Section 57.057, a petition, signed by the greater of at least 10
percent of the total number of [100] electors or 100 electors in the
district who are qualified to vote, shall be presented to the
district requesting that an election be held in the district to
determine whether or not directors for the district should be
elected [and, if so, to elect directors to serve until the next
regular director election. The petition shall include the name of
one or more nominees for each director's position]. If the results
of an election held under Section 57.057 determine that directors
will be elected, the current directors continue to serve until the
elected directors qualify to take office.
SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act to Section
57.058, Water Code, apply only to an election of directors held on
or after the effective date of this Act. An election of directors
held before the effective date of this Act is subject to the law in
effect on the date the election is held, and that law is continued
in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2202 was passed by the House on April
18, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2202 was passed by the Senate on May
22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor