Bill Text: TX SB407 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to the presiding officers of the boards of directors of river authorities.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-16 - Committee report sent to Calendars [SB407 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-SB407-Comm_Sub.html

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By: Birdwell S.B. No. 407
(Nevárez)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the presiding officers of the boards of directors of
river authorities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Title 5, Water Code, is amended by designating
Chapter 152 as Subtitle A and adding a subtitle heading to read as
follows:
SUBTITLE A. RIVER AUTHORITIES
SECTION 2. Subtitle A, Title 5, Water Code, as added by this
Act, is amended by adding Chapter 150 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 150. PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO RIVER AUTHORITIES
Sec. 150.0001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Board" means the board of directors of a river
authority.
(2) "River authority" means the San Antonio River
Authority and a district:
(A) created by the legislature under the
authority of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, as a
regional water management entity to provide water development and
planning services and other services to a river basin or portion of
a river basin;
(B) that contains one or more counties within its
boundaries; and
(C) governed by a board of directors appointed or
designated wholly or partly by the governor.
Sec. 150.0002. PRESIDING OFFICER. (a) This section does
not apply to a district with an entirely elected board or the Upper
Neches River Municipal Water Authority.
(b) The governor shall designate a member of the board of a
river authority as the presiding officer of the board to serve in
that capacity at the pleasure of the governor.
SECTION 3. (a) In this section, "river authority" has the
meaning assigned by Section 150.0001, Water Code, as added by this
Act.
(b) For each river authority for which the governor was not
required to designate a presiding officer of the board of directors
for that river authority before the effective date of this Act and
for which the governor is required to designate a presiding officer
under Section 150.0002, Water Code, as added by this Act, the
governor shall designate a presiding officer of the board of
directors of the river authority not later than January 31, 2020.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.