84R3607 GRM-F
 
  By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 855
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the territory and board of the Canyon Regional Water
  Authority.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 1.02(a), Chapter 670, Acts of the 71st
  Legislature, Regular Session, 1989, is amended by adding
  Subdivision(4-a) to read as follows:
               (4-a)  "Member entity" means an entity, including a
  water supply corporation, or political subdivision whose territory
  has been added to the authority by virtue of legislative action or
  in accordance with the procedures provided for in Section 7.01 and
  whose territory has not been removed from the authority.
         SECTION 2.  Section 2.03(a), Chapter 670, Acts of the 71st
  Legislature, Regular Session, 1989, is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The authority includes all the territory located in the
  service area of the member entities [Crystal Clear Water Supply
  Corporation, the East Central Water Supply Corporation, the Green
  Valley Water Supply Corporation, and the Springs Hill Water Supply
  Corporation] as provided by their respective certificates of
  convenience and necessity [issued by the commission].
         SECTION 3.  Section 3.02, Chapter 670, Acts of the 71st
  Legislature, Regular Session, 1989, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 3.02.  QUALIFICATIONS OF TRUSTEES.  (a)  To be qualified
  to serve as a trustee, a person must be:
               (1)  at least 18 years old; and
               (2)  a resident of the territory located in the
  authority.
         (b)  A trustee who also serves on the governing body of a
  member entity is not a dual officeholder and is not prohibited by
  the common law doctrine of incompatibility from serving on both the
  board and the governing body. 
         (c)  Service on the board by a public officeholder is an
  additional duty of that person's office.
         SECTION 4.  Section 4.03(a), Chapter 670, Acts of the 71st
  Legislature, Regular Session, 1989, is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The authority may exercise the power of eminent domain
  as provided by Section 49.222, Water Code, to acquire by
  condemnation a fee simple or other interest in property located in
  the territory of the authority if the property interest is
  necessary to the exercise of the rights or authority conferred by
  this Act.
         SECTION 5.  Sections 4.03(b) and (c), Chapter 670, Acts of
  the 71st Legislature, Regular Session, 1989, are repealed.
         SECTION 6.  (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 7.  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, 2015.