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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