The text as introduced · 470 words
89R15712 MCF-F
By: Bell of Montgomery
H.B. No. 5698
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the name of and appointment of directors for the
Harris-Montgomery Counties Management District.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Chapter 3891, Special District
Local Laws Code, is amended to read as follows:
CHAPTER 3891. SOUTHEAST REGIONAL [ HARRIS-MONTGOMERY COUNTIES ]
MANAGEMENT DISTRICT
SECTION 2. Section 3891.001(3), Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(3) "District" means the Southeast Regional
[ Harris-Montgomery Counties ] Management District.
SECTION 3. Section 3891.002, Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 3891.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT. The Southeast Regional
[ Harris-Montgomery Counties ] Management District is a special
district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
SECTION 4. Sections 3891.052(a) and (e), Special District
Local Laws Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) The board shall :
(1) recommend to the Harris County Commissioners Court
persons to serve on a [ the ] succeeding board ; or
(2) petition the Texas Commission on Environmental
Quality to appoint persons to serve on a succeeding board .
(e) If the board petitions the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality under Subsection (a) for the appointment of
persons to serve on a succeeding board [ any provision of
Subsections (a) through (d) is found to be invalid ], the commission
[ Texas Commission on Environmental Quality ] shall appoint the
succeeding board from recommendations of persons to serve on the
succeeding board submitted by the board.
SECTION 5. (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 6. 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.
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