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AN ACT
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relating to the election of directors of the San Patricio County |
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Groundwater Conservation District and to the validation of certain |
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acts of the district. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 8817, Special District |
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Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 8817.053 to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 8817.053. METHOD OF ELECTING DIRECTORS: JUSTICE OF |
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THE PEACE PRECINCTS. (a) The directors of the district shall be |
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elected according to the precinct method as provided by this |
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section. |
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(b) One director shall be elected by the voters of the |
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entire district, and one director shall be elected from each |
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justice of the peace precinct by the voters of that precinct. |
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(c) Except as provided by Subsection (e), to be eligible to |
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be a candidate for or to serve as director at large, a person must be |
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a registered voter in the district. To be a candidate for or to |
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serve as director from a justice of the peace precinct, a person |
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must be a registered voter of that precinct. |
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(d) A person shall indicate on the application for a place |
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on the ballot: |
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(1) the precinct that the person seeks to represent; |
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or |
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(2) that the person seeks to represent the district at |
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large. |
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(e) When the boundaries of the justice of the peace |
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precincts are redrawn after each federal decennial census to |
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reflect population changes, a director in office on the effective |
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date of the change, or a director elected or appointed before the |
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effective date of the change whose term of office begins on or after |
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the effective date of the change, shall serve in the precinct to |
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which elected or appointed even though the change in boundaries |
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places the person's residence outside the precinct for which the |
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person was elected or appointed. |
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SECTION 2. (a) The following actions of the San Patricio |
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County Groundwater Conservation District are validated and |
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confirmed in all respects as if the actions had been done as |
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authorized by law: |
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(1) all acts and proceedings of the district taken |
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before the effective date of this Act; and |
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(2) the election or appointment of directors or other |
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officers of the district who took office before the effective date |
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of this Act. |
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(b) A governmental act or proceeding of the San Patricio |
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County Groundwater Conservation District occurring after an act or |
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proceeding validated by this Act may not be held invalid on the |
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ground that the prior act or proceeding, in the absence of this Act, |
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was invalid. |
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(c) This section does not apply to any matter that on the |
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effective date of this Act: |
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(1) is involved in litigation if the litigation |
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ultimately results in the matter being held invalid by a final |
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judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction; or |
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(2) has been held invalid by a final judgment of a |
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court of competent jurisdiction. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2029 passed the Senate on |
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May 4, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2029 passed the House on |
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May 23, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, two |
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present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Date |
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Governor |