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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the election dates for directors of the Bandera County |
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River Authority and Groundwater District. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 654, Acts of the 71st Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 1989, is amended by adding Section 1A and amending |
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Section 10 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 1A. REFERENCE IN LAW MEANING BANDERA COUNTY RIVER |
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AUTHORITY AND GROUNDWATER DISTRICT. The district name is the |
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Bandera County River Authority and Groundwater District. A |
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reference in law to the Springhills Water Management District means |
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the Bandera County River Authority and Groundwater District. |
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Sec. 10. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS. (a) Directors serve |
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staggered four-year terms. |
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(b) Every two years [On the first Saturday in May of the
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second year after the year in which the district is authorized to be
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created at a confirmation election,] an election shall be held in |
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the district on the uniform election date in November for the |
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election of the appropriate number of directors. Two directors |
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shall be elected from each commissioner precinct and one director |
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shall be elected at large. The director elected from each |
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commissioner precinct who receives the fewer number of votes shall |
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serve a two-year term, and the director elected from each |
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commissioner precinct who receives the most votes and the director |
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elected at large shall serve a four-year term. Thereafter, on the |
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same date in each subsequent second year, the appropriate number of |
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directors shall be elected to the board. |
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SECTION 2. The term of a director elected to the board of |
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the Bandera County River Authority and Groundwater District in May |
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2013 expires on December 1, 2016, and the term of a director elected |
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to the board in May 2015 expires December 1, 2018. |
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SECTION 3. (a) The legislature finds that the Bandera |
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County River Authority and Groundwater District was originally |
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created by Chapter 629, Acts of the 62nd Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 1971, as the Bandera County River Authority, and then |
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modified or merged by Chapter 654, Acts of the 71st Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 1989, as the Springhills Water Management |
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District. |
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(b) The legislature further finds that the Springhills |
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Water Management District was renamed the Bandera County River |
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Authority and Groundwater District in 2003. |
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SECTION 4. (a) The legal notice of the intention to |
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introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this |
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Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a |
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copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies, |
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officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished |
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under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313, |
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Government Code. |
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(b) The governor has submitted the notice and Act to the |
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Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. |
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(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed |
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its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the |
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lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of |
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representatives within the required time. |
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(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this |
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state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect |
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to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled |
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and accomplished. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |