Bill Text: TX HB1793 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed

Texas House Bill 1793

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

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-21 - Vote taken in committee [HB1793 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB1793-Engrossed.html

	88R8347 LRM-D

	By: Swanson, Paul, et al.	H.B. No. 1793



	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 municipal
	utility district operating under Chapter 54, Water Code, 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, 2023.