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            S.B. No. 1056
         
               AN ACT
            
            relating to the directors and administration of the Hidalgo County 
         
            Water Improvement District No. 3.
         
                   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         
                   SECTION 1.  Subtitle I, Title 6, Special District Local Laws 
         
            Code, is amended by adding Chapter 9054 to read as follows:
         
            CHAPTER 9054.  HIDALGO COUNTY WATER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 3
         
            SUBCHAPTER A.  GENERAL PROVISIONS
         
                   Sec. 9054.0001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:
         
                         (1)  "Board" means the district's board of directors.
         
                         (2)  "Commission" means the Texas Commission on 
         
            Environmental Quality.
         
                         (3)  "Director" means a board member.
         
                         (4)  "District" means the Hidalgo County Water 
         
            Improvement District No. 3.
         
                   Sec. 9054.0002.  NATURE OF DISTRICT.  The district is a 
         
            conservation and reclamation district organized to accomplish the 
         
            purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and 
         
            operating as a water control and improvement district in accordance 
         
            with Chapters 49 and 51, Water Code.
         
            SUBCHAPTER B.  ELECTIONS
         
                   Sec. 9054.0101.  ELECTIONS.  (a)  The district shall hold an 
         
            election on the uniform election date in November of each 
         
            even-numbered year to elect the appropriate number of directors.
         
                   (b)  The district shall contract with the county elections 
         
            administrator as provided by Subchapter D, Chapter 31, Election 
         
            Code, to perform all duties and functions of the district in 
         
            relation to an election of directors.
         
                   Sec. 9054.0102.  ELIGIBILITY TO VOTE.  To be eligible to vote 
         
            in an election in the district, a person must be:
         
                         (1)  a qualified voter as defined by Section 11.002, 
         
            Election Code, on the day the person offers to vote; and
         
                         (2)  a person who resides on land inside the territory 
         
            defined by the boundaries of the district as submitted to the 
         
            commission under Section 49.455(j), Water Code, or commission rule.
         
                   Sec. 9054.0103.  PROCEDURES FOR IDENTIFYING VOTERS; 
         
            PROVISIONAL VOTING.  (a)  The district shall submit to the registrar 
         
            a description or map of the territory defined by the boundaries of 
         
            the district as submitted to the commission under Section 
         
            49.455(j), Water Code, or commission rule, that is in sufficient 
         
            detail to enable the registrar to produce the official list of the 
         
            district's eligible voters.
         
                   (b)  The district shall submit the information required 
         
            under this section not later than the 30th day after the date of the 
         
            last day to order a general or special election.
         
                   (c)  If county election officials are unable to verify 
         
            whether a voter is eligible under Section 9054.0102, the voter may 
         
            be accepted to vote only provisionally under Section 63.011, 
         
            Election Code.
         
                   Sec. 9054.0104.  BOND AND CONTRACT ELECTIONS; NOVEMBER 
         
            DATES.  (a)  A bond election held by the district must be held in 
         
            accordance with Section 49.106, Water Code, except that the 
         
            district may not hold the election on a date other than the uniform 
         
            election date prescribed by Section 41.001, Election Code, that 
         
            occurs in November of the applicable tax year.
         
                   (b)  A contract election held by the district must be held in 
         
            accordance with Section 49.108, Water Code, except that the 
         
            district may not hold the election on a date other than the uniform 
         
            election date prescribed by Section 41.001, Election Code, that 
         
            occurs in November of the applicable tax year.
         
                   Sec. 9054.0105.  EXCLUSION OF TERRITORY.  (a)  This section 
         
            applies to the exclusion of territory by the district under the 
         
            authority of Subchapters J and J-1, Chapter 49, Water Code, and 
         
            Subchapter O, Chapter 51, Water Code.
         
                   (b)  The district may exclude territory on the basis that the 
         
            land is in agricultural use only if the land meets the requirements 
         
            for agricultural use under Section 23.51, Tax Code.
         
                   (c)  The district may exclude territory on the basis that the 
         
            land is nonirrigated property only if the land meets the 
         
            requirements for nonirrigated property under Section 49.309, Water 
         
            Code.
         
                   (d)  The district may exclude territory on the basis of the 
         
            property being urban propert
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	AN ACT
	relating to the directors and administration of the Hidalgo County
	Water Improvement District No. 3.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Subtitle I, Title 6, Special District Local Laws
	Code, is amended by adding Chapter 9054 to read as follows:
	CHAPTER 9054. HIDALGO COUNTY WATER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 3
	SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
	Sec. 9054.0001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
	(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors.
	(2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on
	Environmental Quality.
	(3) "Director" means a board member.
	(4) "District" means the Hidalgo County Water
	Improvement District No. 3.
	Sec. 9054.0002. NATURE OF DISTRICT. The district is a
	conservation and reclamation district organized to accomplish the
	purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and
	operating as a water control and improvement district in accordance
	with Chapters 49 and 51, Water Code.
	SUBCHAPTER B. ELECTIONS
	Sec. 9054.0101. ELECTIONS. (a) The district shall hold an
	election on the uniform election date in November of each
	even-numbered year to elect the appropriate number of directors.
	(b) The district shall contract with the county elections
	administrator as provided by Subchapter D, Chapter 31, Election
	Code, to perform all duties and functions of the district in
	relation to an election of directors.
	Sec. 9054.0102. ELIGIBILITY TO VOTE. To be eligible to vote
	in an election in the district, a person must be:
	(1) a qualified voter as defined by Section 11.002,
	Election Code, on the day the person offers to vote; and
	(2) a person who resides on land inside the territory
	defined by the boundaries of the district as submitted to the
	commission under Section 49.455(j), Water Code, or commission rule.
	Sec. 9054.0103. PROCEDURES FOR IDENTIFYING VOTERS;
	PROVISIONAL VOTING. (a) The district shall submit to the registrar
	a description or map of the territory defined by the boundaries of
	the district as submitted to the commission under Section
	49.455(j), Water Code, or commission rule, that is in sufficient
	detail to enable the registrar to produce the official list of the
	district's eligible voters.
	(b) The district shall submit the information required
	under this section not later than the 30th day after the date of the
	last day to order a general or special election.
	(c) If county election officials are unable to verify
	whether a voter is eligible under Section 9054.0102, the voter may
	be accepted to vote only provisionally under Section 63.011,
	Election Code.
	Sec. 9054.0104. BOND AND CONTRACT ELECTIONS; NOVEMBER
	DATES. (a) A bond election held by the district must be held in
	accordance with Section 49.106, Water Code, except that the
	district may not hold the election on a date other than the uniform
	election date prescribed by Section 41.001, Election Code, that
	occurs in November of the applicable tax year.
	(b) A contract election held by the district must be held in
	accordance with Section 49.108, Water Code, except that the
	district may not hold the election on a date other than the uniform
	election date prescribed by Section 41.001, Election Code, that
	occurs in November of the applicable tax year.
	Sec. 9054.0105. EXCLUSION OF TERRITORY. (a) This section
	applies to the exclusion of territory by the district under the
	authority of Subchapters J and J-1, Chapter 49, Water Code, and
	Subchapter O, Chapter 51, Water Code.
	(b) The district may exclude territory on the basis that the
	land is in agricultural use only if the land meets the requirements
	for agricultural use under Section 23.51, Tax Code.
	(c) The district may exclude territory on the basis that the
	land is nonirrigated property only if the land meets the
	requirements for nonirrigated property under Section 49.309, Water
	Code.
	(d) The district may exclude territory on the basis of the
	property being urban propert Statutes affected: Introduced: () Senate Committee Report: () Engrossed: () House Committee Report: () Enrolled: ()