TITLE: Relating to the Lazy W District No. 1.

SUMMARY: Relating to the Lazy W District No. 1.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the Lazy WDistrict No. 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. The heading to Chapter 8380, Special District Local Laws Code, is amended to read as follows: CHAPTER 8380. LAZY WCONSERVATION DISTRICT [NO. 1] SECTION 2. Section 8380.001(4), Special District Local Laws Code, is amended to read as follows: (4) "District" means the Lazy WConservation District [No. 1].SECTION 3. Subchapter B, Chapter 8380, Special District Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 8380.053 to read as follows: Sec. 8380.053. QUORUM; TELEPHONE AND VIDEO CONFERENCING PERMITTED; MEETING LOCATION. (a) Notwithstanding Section 551.127, Government Code, the board may hold a meeting by telephone or video conference call if necessary to establish a quorum, provided that not more than two directors participate without being physically present at the district's designated meeting location. (b) A meeting that a director attends by telephone or video conference call must be held at the district's designated location as specified in the notice required under Section 551.125, Government Code, at which at least one director must be physically present. SECTION 4. Section 8380.107, Special District Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: (e) The district may own, protect, and care for wildlife in a manner not otherwise prohibited by federal or state law. SECTION 5. Section 8380.109(a), Special District Local Laws Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) The district may adopt and enforce rules: (1) to administer and operate the district; (2) to govern the use, availability, protection, security, and maintenance of the district's property and facilities; [and] (3) to provide for public safety and security;and (4) to protect and maintain the district's wildlife and the wildlife habitat, facilities, improvements, and infrastructure as necessary to provide for the maintenance, protection, sustenance, and welfare of the wildlife.SECTION 6. Section 8380.053, Special District Local Laws Code, as added by this Act, applies only to a meeting called by the board of directors of the Lazy WConservation District for which notice is posted on or after the effective date of this Act. A meeting called by that board for which notice is posted before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the notice is posted, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 7. (a) The legislature validates and confirms all governmental acts and proceedings, including annexation of territory, adoption of rules, and elections, of the Lazy WConservation District that were taken before the effective date of this Act. (b) This section does not apply to any matter that on the effective date of this Act: (1) is involved in litigation if the litigation ultimately results in the matter being held invalid by a final court judgment; or (2) has been held invalid by a final court judgment. SECTION 8. 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.