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

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

FULL TEXT:
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 Section 11(a), Chapter 764, Acts of the 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, is repealed.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.