By: Seliger	S.B. No. 413
	(In the Senate - Filed January 29, 2015; February 4, 2015,
	read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture, Water,
	and Rural Affairs; April 7, 2015, reported adversely, with
	favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 7,
	Nays 0; April 7, 2015, sent to printer.)
Click here to see the committee vote
	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 413	By:  Perry

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the qualifications for membership on the Texas Water
	Development Board.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Sections 6.052(a) and (b), Water Code, are
	amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The board is composed of three members who are appointed
	by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. One
	member must have experience in the field of engineering, one member
	must have experience in the field of public or private finance, and
	one member must:
	(1)  be actively engaged in the business of farming or
	animal husbandry or another business related to agriculture; and
	(2)  wholly or partly own or lease land used in
	connection with a business described by Subdivision (1) [have
	experience in the field of law or business].
	(b)  The governor shall make the appointments in such a
	manner that the members:
	(1)  reflect the diverse geographic regions and
	population groups of this state, provided that one member resides
	in a rural area and is a registered voter of a county with a
	population of less than 355,000; and
	(2)  do not have any conflicts of interest prohibited
	by state or federal law.
	SECTION 2.  Section 6.054, Water Code, is amended by adding
	Subsection (e) to read as follows:
	(e)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a)(2), a board member who
	resided in a county with a population of less than 355,000 at the
	time the member was appointed may not be removed on the ground that
	the population of the county no longer meets that requirement.
	SECTION 3.  The changes in law made by this Act relating to
	the qualifications for membership on the Texas Water Development
	Board do not affect the eligibility of a member of the board serving
	immediately before the effective date of this Act to continue to
	serve on the board for the term to which the member was appointed.
	Not later than February 1, 2019, the governor shall appoint members
	of the board as necessary to ensure that the composition of the
	board complies with Section 6.052, Water Code, as amended by this
	Act.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
	* * * * *