Bill Text: TX HB651 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled


Bill Title: Relating to the election date of the board of directors of the Rusk County Groundwater Conservation District.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2017-05-29 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB651 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB651-Enrolled.html
 
 
  H.B. No. 651
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the election date of the board of directors of the Rusk
  County Groundwater Conservation District.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 11(b), Chapter 764, Acts of the 78th
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, is amended to read as follows:
         (b)  On the uniform election date in November [first Saturday
  in May] of each [subsequent] even-numbered year [following the
  election], the appropriate number of directors shall be elected.
         SECTION 2.  Section 11(a), Chapter 764, Acts of the 78th
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, is repealed.
         SECTION 3.  (a) A director of the board of the Rusk County
  Groundwater Conservation District who is serving on the day before
  the effective date of this Act shall serve until the director's term
  expires.  A director whose term expires in May 2018 shall serve
  until the director's successor has qualified following the
  directors' election held on the uniform election date in November
  2018 in accordance with Section 11, Chapter 764, Acts of the 78th
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, as amended by this Act.  A
  director whose term expires in May 2020 shall serve until the
  director's successor has qualified following the directors' 
  election held on the uniform election date in November 2020.
         (b)  This section expires September 1, 2022.
         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 September 1, 2017.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 651 was passed by the House on March
  23, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 139, Nays 0, 1 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 651 was passed by the Senate on May
  19, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor       
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