Bill Text: TX SB1825 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled


Bill Title: Relating to the composition of the board of directors of the Fort Bend Subsidence District.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-05-25 - Effective immediately [SB1825 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-SB1825-Enrolled.html
 
 
  S.B. No. 1825
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the composition of the board of directors of the Fort
  Bend Subsidence District.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 8834.051, Special District Local Laws
  Code, is amended by amending Subsections (a) and (d) and adding
  Subsections (h) and (i) to read as follows:
         (a)  The district is governed by a board of 15 [13] directors
  appointed as provided by this section.
         (d)  The persons designated by Subsections (e), (f), [and]
  (g), and (h) shall appoint directors in January to fill vacancies
  caused by the expiration of directors' terms.  The district shall
  mail notice regarding the necessity of an appointment to the
  persons designated by Subsections (e), (f), [and] (g), and (h) not
  later than the 20th day before the date of the board's January
  meeting.
         (h)  The board of directors of the North Fort Bend Water
  Authority shall appoint two directors.
         (i)  The directors shall serve staggered terms as follows:
               (1)  five members appointed under Subsection (e) and
  four members appointed under Subsection (f) shall serve terms
  expiring on January 1 of odd-numbered years; and
               (2)  one member appointed under Subsection (e), two
  members appointed under Subsection (f), one member appointed under
  Subsection (g), and two members appointed under Subsection (h)
  shall serve terms expiring on January 1 of even-numbered years.
         SECTION 2.  As soon as practicable after the effective date
  of this Act, the board of directors of the North Fort Bend Water
  Authority shall appoint two members of the board of directors of the
  Fort Bend Subsidence District as provided by Section 8834.051,
  Special District Local Laws Code, as amended by this Act.
         SECTION 3.  The Fort Bend Subsidence District retains all
  the rights, powers, privileges, authority, duties, and functions
  that it had before the effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 4.  (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 5.  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.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1825 passed the Senate on
  April 18, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1825 passed the House on
  May 10, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 143, Nays 0, two
  present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor
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