HB 5675

89R22241 SCF-F
		By: Morales of Maverick
  H.B. No. 5675
  A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
  AN ACT
  relating to the composition of the board of directors and the powers
  of the Presidio County Underground Water Conservation District.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 5, Chapter 453, Acts of the 73rd
  Legislature, Regular Session, 1993, is amended to read as follows:
         SECTION 5.  POWERS.  (a)  The district has all of the rights,
  powers, privileges, authority, functions, and duties provided by
  the general law of this state, including Chapters 50 and 52, Water
  Code, applicable to groundwater [underground water] conservation
  districts created under Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas
  Constitution.  This Act prevails over any provision of general law
  that is in conflict or inconsistent with this Act.
         (b)  The rights, powers, privileges, authority, functions,
  and duties of the district are subject to the continuing right of
  supervision of the state to be exercised by and through the Texas
  [Water] Commission on Environmental Quality.
         (c)  Section 36.121, Water Code, does not apply to the
  district.
         SECTION 2.  Section 6, Chapter 453, Acts of the 73rd
  Legislature, Regular Session, 1993, is amended by amending
  Subsections (a), (g), and (h) and adding Subsections (d-1) and
  (d-2) to read as follows:
         (a)  The district is governed by a board of seven [five]
  directors.
         (d-1)  One member of the board shall be appointed by the
  governing body of the City of Marfa.
         (d-2)  One member of the board shall be appointed by the
  governing body of the City of Presidio.
         (g)  A [If there is a] vacancy on the board shall be filled
  for the unexpired term in the same manner provided for the
  appointment of the position [, the commissioners court of Presidio
  County, as appropriate, shall appoint a director to serve the
  remainder of the term].
         (h)  An appointing entity [The commissioners court of
  Presidio County, as appropriate,] shall appoint a director to
  succeed a director appointed by that entity on or before the date
  the director's term expires.
         SECTION 3.  Section 6(e), Chapter 453, Acts of the 73rd
  Legislature, Regular Session, 1993, is repealed.
         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 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.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2025.