Bill Text: TX HB3900 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to the board of directors of the Tarrant Regional Water District.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB3900 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB3900-Comm_Sub.html

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By: Geren (Senate Sponsor - Hancock) H.B. No. 3900
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2013;
April 30, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on
Natural Resources; May 8, 2013, reported favorably by the
following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 8, 2013, sent to printer.)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the board of directors of the Tarrant Regional Water
District.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 268, Acts of the 55th Legislature,
Regular Session, 1957, is amended by adding Section 1A to read as
follows:
Sec. 1A. (a) The district shall be governed by a board of
five elected directors.
(b) Directors serve staggered four-year terms and until
their successors have qualified.
(c) On the uniform election date in May of each odd-numbered
year, the appropriate number of directors shall be elected.
SECTION 2. (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 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, 2013.
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