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AN ACT
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relating to the election date of the board of directors of the Rusk |
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County Groundwater Conservation District. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 11(b), Chapter 764, Acts of the 78th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, is amended to read as follows: |
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(b) On the uniform election date in November [first Saturday
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in May] of each [subsequent] even-numbered year [following the
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election], the appropriate number of directors shall be elected. |
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SECTION 2. Section 11(a), Chapter 764, Acts of the 78th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, is repealed. |
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SECTION 3. (a) A director of the board of the Rusk County |
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Groundwater Conservation District who is serving on the day before |
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the effective date of this Act shall serve until the director's term |
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expires. A director whose term expires in May 2018 shall serve |
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until the director's successor has qualified following the |
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directors' election held on the uniform election date in November |
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2018 in accordance with Section 11, Chapter 764, Acts of the 78th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, as amended by this Act. A |
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director whose term expires in May 2020 shall serve until the |
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director's successor has qualified following the directors' |
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election held on the uniform election date in November 2020. |
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(b) This section expires September 1, 2022. |
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SECTION 4. (a) The legal notice of the intention to |
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introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this |
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Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a |
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copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies, |
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officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished |
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under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313, |
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Government Code. |
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(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has |
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submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on |
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Environmental Quality. |
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(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed |
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its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the |
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lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of |
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representatives within the required time. |
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(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this |
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state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect |
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to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled |
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and accomplished. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 651 was passed by the House on March |
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23, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 651 was passed by the Senate on May |
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19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |