S.B. No. 814         AN ACT   relating to the board of directors of the Agua Special Utility   District.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 7201.052, Special District Local Laws   Code, is amended by amending Subsections (a), (b), (c), and (l) and   adding Subsection (m) to read as follows:          (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (l), the district shall   be governed by a board of seven directors, elected as follows:                (1)  one director elected by the voters of the part of   the City of Mission inside the district to represent that part of   the city;                (2)  one director elected by the voters of the City of   Palmview to represent that city;                (3)  one director elected by the voters of the City of   Penitas to represent that city;                (4)  one director elected by the voters of the City of   Sullivan City to represent that city; [and]                (5)  one director elected by the voters of the part of   the City of La Joya within the district to represent that part of   the city; and                (6)  two [three] directors elected at-large to numbered   positions on the board by the district voters who do not reside in   any of the municipalities listed in Subdivisions (1)-(5) [(1)-(4)]   to represent the part of the district that is not included in those   municipalities, unless the number of at-large directors is   increased under Subsection (l).          (b)  A candidate for one of the numbered director positions:                (1)  must reside in the part of the service area of the   district that is not included in any of the municipalities listed in   Subsections (a)(1)-(5) [(a)(1)-(4)]; and                (2)  must be eligible to hold office under Section   141.001, Election Code.          (c)  A candidate for one of the director positions   representing a municipality listed in Subsection (a)(1), (2), (3),   [or] (4), or (5):                (1)  must reside in the municipality the candidate   seeks to represent; and                (2)  must be eligible to hold office under Section   141.001, Election Code.          (l)  If, before the expiration of the term of a director   elected to represent a municipality under Subsection (a)(1), (2),   (3), [or] (4), or (5), the district determines that all of the   incorporated territory of the municipality is outside the   boundaries of the district, the position immediately becomes an   at-large numbered position to be filled at the next general   election of the district in accordance with Subsections (a)(6)   [(a)(5)] and (b).          (m)  If a director is an employee of another taxing entity   within the district, the board may not employ as an employee, as a   consultant, or on a contract basis:                (1)  an elected official of the other taxing entity   that employs the director; or                (2)  a person related to that elected official in the   third degree of consanguinity or affinity as determined under   Chapter 573, Government Code.          SECTION 2.  (a)  The position of director of the Agua   Special Utility District elected at-large for a term that expires   in 2018 becomes the position for the director elected from the City   of La Joya on the election date in 2018 when the district elects new   directors. The director of the Agua Special Utility District   elected at-large to a term that expires in 2018 shall serve until a   director elected from the City of La Joya has qualified following   the director's election held in 2018.          (b)  This section expires September 1, 2020.          SECTION 3.  (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,   Government Code.          (b)  The governor, one of the required recipients, has   submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on   Environmental Quality.          (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   and accomplished.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.             ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                 I hereby certify that S.B. No. 814 passed the Senate on   April 27, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that   the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 27, 2017, by the   following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.       ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate                I hereby certify that S.B. No. 814 passed the House, with   amendment, on May 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 140,   Nays 4, four present not voting.       ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House            Approved:     ______________________________                Date       ______________________________              Governor