86R15540 GRM-D
 
  By: Paul H.B. No. 4761
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the board of directors of the Clear Lake City Water
  Authority.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 9029.052, Special District Local Laws
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 9029.052.  ELIGIBILITY. A person may not be appointed
  or elected a director unless the person:
               (1)  owns taxable property in the authority; and
               (2)  resides in the single-member precinct the person
  represents or seeks to represent [authority].
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter B, Chapter 9029, Special District
  Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 9029.055 to read as
  follows:
         Sec. 9029.055.  METHOD OF ELECTING DIRECTORS: SINGLE-MEMBER
  PRECINCTS.  (a)  As soon as practicable after the effective date of
  this section, the board shall:
               (1)  divide the authority into five single-member
  precincts for electing directors; and
               (2)  assign each of the existing board positions to one
  of the new single-member precincts.
         (b)  If the authority annexes territory, the annexed
  territory becomes part of one or more of the single-member
  precincts as determined by the board.
         (c)  One director shall be elected from each single-member
  precinct.
         (d)  After each federal decennial census or as needed, the
  board may redraw the single-member precincts to reflect population
  changes.  A director in office on the effective date of a change in
  the boundaries of a single-member precinct, or a director elected
  or appointed before the effective date of the change whose term of
  office begins on or after the effective date of the change, shall
  serve for the remainder of the director's term in the single-member
  precinct to which elected or appointed even if the change in
  boundaries places the director's residence outside the precinct to
  which the director was elected or appointed.
         SECTION 3.  (a)  The change in law made by this Act applies
  only to a director elected or appointed to serve on the board of
  directors of the Clear Lake City Water Authority on or after the
  effective date of this Act.
         (b)  The change in law made by this Act does not affect the
  term of office of a director serving on the board of directors of
  the Clear Lake City Water Authority on 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, 2019.