Bill Text: TX HB4617 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to the qualifications and method of electing directors of the High Point Special Utility District of Kaufman and Rockwall Counties.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2021-06-15 - Effective on 9/1/21 [HB4617 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB4617-Enrolled.html

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H.B. No. 4617

AN ACT
relating to the qualifications and method of electing directors of
the High Point Special Utility District of Kaufman and Rockwall
Counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subtitle C, Title 6, Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended by adding Chapter 7220 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 7220. HIGH POINT SPECIAL UTILITY DISTRICT OF KAUFMAN AND
ROCKWALL COUNTIES
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 7220.0101. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Board" means the board of directors of the
district.
(2) "Director" means a member of the board.
(3) "District" means the High Point Special Utility
District of Kaufman and Rockwall Counties.
SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Sec. 7220.0201. COMPOSITION OF BOARD. The district is
governed by a board of seven directors.
Sec. 7220.0202. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS FROM SINGLE-MEMBER
DISTRICTS. (a) The board by rule may provide for the election of
some or all of the directors from single-member districts.
(b) If the board provides for the election of some or all of
the directors from single-member districts, to be eligible to be
listed on the ballot as a candidate for or to serve as a director
from a single-member district, a person must be a resident of that
district.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by Section 7220.0202,
Special District Local Laws Code, as added by this Act, does not
affect the entitlement of a member serving on the board of directors
of the High Point Special Utility District of Kaufman and Rockwall
Counties immediately before the effective date of this Act to
continue to carry out the board's functions for the remainder of the
member's term. The change in law applies only to a member elected
on or after the effective date of this Act. This Act does not
prohibit a person who is a member of the board on the effective date
of this Act from being reelected to the board if the person has the
qualifications required for a member under Section 7220.0202,
Special District Local Laws Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 3. (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 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4617 was passed by the House on May
14, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 122, Nays 23, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4617 was passed by the Senate on May
26, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor