Bill Text: TX HB602 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the qualifications for serving as a member of the board of directors of a municipal utility district.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-12 - Filed [HB602 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-HB602-Introduced.html

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89R4098 JBD-D
By: Swanson H.B. No. 602

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the qualifications for serving as a member of the board
of directors of a municipal utility district.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 54.102, Water Code, is amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 54.102. QUALIFICATIONS FOR DIRECTORS. To be qualified
to serve as a director, a person shall:
(1) be at least 18 years old;
(2) be [,] a resident citizen of the State of Texas;
[,] and
(3) [either] own land subject to taxation in the
district [or be a qualified voter within the district].
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act does not
affect the entitlement of a member serving immediately before the
effective date of this Act on the board of directors of a district
to which Section 54.102, Water Code, applies 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 of the board of directors
of such a district elected or appointed on or after the effective
date of this Act. This Act does not prohibit a person who is a
member of the board of directors of such a district on the effective
date of this Act from being reelected or reappointed to the board if
the person has the qualifications required for a member under
Section 54.102, Water Code, as amended by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.