HB 1930
AN ACT relating to the qualifications for serving as a member of the board
89th Regular Session
Jan 14, 2025 - Jun 2, 2025 • Session ended
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What This Bill Does
Modifies the qualifications for serving as a director on municipal utility district boards, specifically in counties bordering Mexico with a certain population size. For these specific districts, directors must now be qualified voters within the district, removing the previous requirement of owning taxable land. The changes do not affect current board members, who can continue serving or be reelected if they meet the new requirements, with the new rules applying to directors elected or appointed after September 1, 2025.
Bill Text
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 Sec. 54.102. QUALIFICATIONS FOR DIRECTORS. To be qualified to serve as a director, a person shall: (2) be[,] a resident citizen of the State of Texas; [,] (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 (b) Notwithstanding Section 54.102, to be qualified to serve as a director of a district to which this section applies, a (1) meet the requirements of Sections 54.102(1) and (2) be a qualified voter within the district. 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 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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Bill History
Bill filed: AN ACT relating to the qualifications for serving as a member of the board
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