HB 5005

relating to the election of the board of directors of the San
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1.  Section 6, Chapter 426, Acts of the 45th
Legislature, Regular Session, 1937, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 6.  (a) The management and control of all the affairs
of said District shall be vested in, and the powers, rights,
privileges, and functions of the District shall be exercised by, a
Board of Directors consisting of seven members, all of whom shall be
freehold property taxpayers and legal voters of the State of Texas
[and four (4) of whom shall be residents of a county wholly
(b)  Members of the [such] Board of Directors shall be
elected at large by voters in the District [appointed by the
Governor for terms of four years].
(c)  The Directors shall hold office after their election
[appointment] and qualification until their successors shall be
elected [appointed] and qualified.  [Should any vacancy occur in
the Board of Directors, the same shall be filled in like manner by
the Governor for the unexpired term.]  The Directors [appointed]
shall, within thirty (30) days after their election [appointment],
qualify by taking the official oath required of County
Commissioners, and shall execute bond in the sum of Five Thousand
Dollars ($5,000) payable to the District, the sufficiency of which
bond shall be determined by the Governor, which bonds after being
recorded in the official bond records of the county in which the
District maintains its office shall be deposited with the
depository selected and approved for the deposit of the funds of the
(d)  The Governor shall designate a Director as the President
of the Board to serve in that capacity at the pleasure of the
Governor. The Board of Directors shall organize by electing one of
its members Vice-President, one Secretary, and one Treasurer.  Four
(4) members, including the President, shall constitute a quorum to
transact business.  The President shall preside at all meetings of
the Board and shall be the chief executive officer of the District.
The Vice-President shall act as President in case of the absence or
disability of the President.  The Secretary shall act as Secretary
of the Board and shall be charged with the duty of keeping a record
of all proceedings and all orders of the Board.  The Treasurer shall
receive and receipt for all moneys received by the District and
shall keep books and records of all moneys received and expended. In
case of the absence or inability of the Secretary to act, a
Secretary pro tem shall be selected by the Directors.
(e)  The domicile of the District shall be in the City of
Conroe, in the County of Montgomery, Texas, where the District
shall maintain its principal office.  The Board of Directors shall
have authority to fix the time, place and number of meetings of such
Board by proper resolutions, regulations and bylaws passed by said
Board.  Said Board shall cause to be kept complete and accurate
accounts conforming to approved methods of bookkeeping. Said
accounts and all contracts, documents, and records of the District
shall be kept at said principal office, and same shall be open to
public inspection at all reasonable times.
SECTION 2.  Section 30.003(4), Water Code, is amended to
(4)  "River authority" means any district or authority
created by the legislature which contains an area within its
boundaries of one or more counties and which is governed by a board
of directors appointed or designated in whole or in part by the
governor, or by the Texas Water Development Board.  The term
includes[, including without limitation] the San Antonio River
Authority and the San Jacinto River Authority.
SECTION 3.  (a)  The San Jacinto River Authority shall hold
the first election to elect directors as described by Section 6,
Chapter 426, Acts of the 45th Legislature, Regular Session, 1937,
as amended by this Act, on the uniform election date in May 2026.
(b)  The terms of the directors serving on the board of
directors of the San Jacinto River Authority on the effective date
of this Act expire on the date the directors elected under
Subsection (a) of this section have qualified.
(c)  At the first meeting of the board of directors of the San
Jacinto River Authority that follows the election held under
Subsection (a) of this section, the directors shall draw lots to
determine which four directors serve a term of four years and which
three directors serve a term of two years.
SECTION 4.  (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,
(b)  The governor, one of the required recipients, has
submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
(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
SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.