TITLE: Relating to the presiding officers of the boards of directors of river authorities.

SUMMARY: Relating to the presiding officers of the boards of directors of river authorities.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the presiding officers of the boards of directors of river authorities. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Title 5, Water Code, is amended by designating Chapter 152 as Subtitle A and adding a subtitle heading to read as follows: SUBTITLE A. RIVER AUTHORITIES SECTION 2. Subtitle A, Title 5, Water Code, as added by this Act, is amended by adding Chapter 150 to read as follows: CHAPTER 150. PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO RIVER AUTHORITIES Sec. 150.0001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the board of directors of a river authority. (2) "River authority" means a district created under the authority of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, as a regional water management entity to provide water development and planning services and other services to a river basin or portion of a river basin. Sec. 150.0002. PRESIDING OFFICER. The governor shall designate a member of the board of a river authority as the presiding officer of the board to serve in that capacity at the pleasure of the governor. SECTION 3. (a) In this section, "river authority" means a district created under the authority of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, as a regional water management entity to provide water development and planning services and other services to a river basin or portion of a river basin. (b) For each river authority for which the governor was not required to designate a presiding officer of the board of directors for that river authority before the effective date of this Act, the governor shall designate a presiding officer of the board of directors of the river authority not later than January 31, 2020. SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.