González MUD Bill Requires Directors To Live In The District

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90R389 ANG-D

By: González of El Paso
H.B. No. 495

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the qualifications for serving as a member of the board

of directors of certain municipal utility districts.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 54.102, Water Code, is amended to read as

follows:

Sec. 54.102. QUALIFICATIONS FOR DIRECTORS. To be qualified

to serve as a director, a person shall :

(1) be at least 18 years old ;

(2) be [ , ] a resident citizen of the State of Texas ; [ , ]

and

(3) either own land subject to taxation in the

district or be a qualified voter within the district.

SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 54, Water Code, is amended

by adding Section 54.103 to read as follows:

Sec. 54.103. QUALIFICATIONS FOR DIRECTORS IN CERTAIN

COUNTIES. (a) This section applies only to a district wholly or

partly located in a county that:

(1) borders the United Mexican States; and

(2) contains a municipality with a population of more

than 500,000.

(b) Notwithstanding Section 54.102, to be qualified to

serve as a director of a district to which this section applies, a

person shall:

(1) meet the requirements of Sections 54.102(1) and

(2); and

(2) be a qualified voter within the district.

(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (b)(2), a person who is not a

qualified voter within a district may serve as a director of the

district if:

(1) less than 50 percent of the retail water or sewer

connections in the district are for residential users; and

(2) the district did not receive an application for a

place on the ballot for each position on the board from a candidate

who is a qualified voter within the district on or before the 15th

day before the deadline for filing an application for a place on the

ballot as prescribed by Section 144.005, Election Code.

SECTION 3. Section 54.103, Water Code, as added by this Act,

does not affect the entitlement of a member serving immediately

before the effective date of this Act on the board of directors of a

municipal utility district described by that section to continue to

carry out the board's functions for the remainder of the member's

term. That section applies only to a member of the board of

directors of such a district elected or appointed on or after the

effective date of this Act. That section does not prohibit a person

who is a member of the board of directors of such a district on the

effective date of this Act from being reelected or reappointed to

the board if the person has the qualifications required for a member

under that section.

SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2027.