H.B. No. 1540

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	AN ACT
	relating to the San Jacinto River Authority, following
	recommendations of the Sunset Advisory Commission; specifying
	grounds for the removal of a member of the board of directors.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 1A(a), Chapter 426, Acts of the 45th
	Legislature, Regular Session, 1937, is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The District is subject to review under Chapter 325,
	Government Code (Texas Sunset Act), but may not be abolished under
	that chapter. The review shall be conducted under Section 325.025,
	Government Code, as if the District were a state agency scheduled to
	be abolished September 1, 2035 [2023], and every 12th year after
	that year.
	SECTION 2.  Section 6, Chapter 426, Acts of the 45th
	Legislature, Regular Session, 1937, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 6.  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 [six (6)] 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 encompassed by the District.  Members of such Board of
	Directors shall be appointed by the Governor for terms of four [six
	(6)] years.  [Provided, the present Board of six (6) directors of
	said District, appointed by the State Board of Water Engineers
	under authority of House Bill No. 1094, Chapter 613, Acts of the
	Regular Session of the Forty-seventh Legislature, amending Section
	6 of Chapter 426, Acts of the Regular Session of the Forty-fifth
	Legislature, as amended by House Bill No. 828, Chapter 480, Acts of
	the Regular Session of the Forty-seventh Legislature, for terms of
	two (2), four (4), and six (6) years, shall continue to serve as
	such until the expiration of the respective terms for which they
	were appointed.  Upon the expiration of the terms for which the
	present members of the Board of Directors were appointed, the
	successors of each and all of them shall be appointed by the
	Governor for a term of six (6) years.]
	The Directors shall hold office after their appointment and
	qualification until their successors shall be 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 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 District.
	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
	[President, one] Vice-President, one Secretary, and one Treasurer.
	Four (4) members, including the President [presiding officer],
	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.
	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 3.  Chapter 426, Acts of the 45th Legislature,
	Regular Session, 1937, is amended by adding Sections 6A, 6B, 6C, 6D,
	6E, and 6F to read as follows: