By: Jetton (Senate Sponsor - Kolkhorst)	H.B. No. 2951
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 2021;
	May 13, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Water,
	Agriculture & Rural Affairs; May 19, 2021, reported favorably by
	the following vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 19, 2021, sent to printer.)
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	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the appointment and removal of directors of a levee
	improvement district; validating certain appointments and actions
	of certain levee improvement districts.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 57.053, Water Code, is amended to read as
	follows:
	Sec. 57.053.  VACANCY AND [TERM OF OFFICE,] REMOVAL[, AND
	SUCCESSION]. (a) A vacancy on an appointed [the] board is [shall
	be] filled by the appointment of a director by a majority vote of
	the commissioners court. A director appointed to fill a vacancy
	must be a person qualified for election as a director under Section
	57.059. The commissioners[, and the] court shall appoint directors
	so that the board will always have full membership.
	(b)  The commissioners court, by majority vote, may remove a
	director who was appointed by the commissioners court [an appointed
	member of the board].
	(c)  A vacancy on an elected board is filled in accordance
	with Section 49.105.
	SECTION 2.  (a) The changes in law made by this Act apply
	only to the board of directors of a levee improvement district
	governed by Chapter 57, Water Code, in relation to a vacancy on the
	board filled, or the removal of a director, that occurs on or after
	the effective date of this Act. A vacancy filled or removal of a
	director before the effective date of this Act is governed by the
	law in effect on the date the vacancy was filled or the director was
	removed.
	(b)  The filling of a vacancy on the board of directors of a
	levee improvement district governed by Chapter 57, Water Code, that
	occurred before the effective date of this Act and that was
	accomplished in accordance with Section 49.105, Water Code, is
	ratified, confirmed, and validated and all governmental acts and
	proceedings of a board of directors affected by the validation that
	occurred before the effective date of this Act are validated for all
	purposes.
	SECTION 3.  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, 2021.
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