By: Birdwell  S.B. No. 739          (In the Senate - Filed February 23, 2021; March 11, 2021,   read first time and referred to Committee on Water, Agriculture &   Rural Affairs; April 13, 2021, reported adversely, with favorable   Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 3;   April 13, 2021, sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 739 By:  Perry     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to the presiding officers of the boards of directors of   certain river authorities.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 49, Water Code, is amended   by adding Section 49.0545 to read as follows:          Sec. 49.0545.  PRESIDING OFFICER OF RIVER AUTHORITY BOARD.   (a)  In this section, "river authority" has the meaning assigned by   Section 30.003.          (b)  This section applies only to a river authority for which   the governor appoints at least one of the members of the board.          (c)  The governor shall designate a member of the board of a   river authority as the board's presiding officer to serve in that   capacity at the pleasure of the governor.          SECTION 2.  (a)  In this section, "river authority" has the   meaning assigned by Section 30.003, Water Code.          (b)  For each river authority for which the governor was not   required to designate a presiding officer of the board of directors   for that river authority before the effective date of this Act and   for which the governor is required to designate a presiding officer   under Section 49.0545, Water Code, as added by this Act, the   governor shall designate a presiding officer of the board of   directors of the river authority not later than January 31, 2022.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.     * * * * *