85R3982 DMS-F     By: Taylor of Collin S.B. No. 1239       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the authority of a municipality to remove directors of   certain conservation and reclamation districts.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Chapter 178, Local Government Code, is amended   by adding Subchapter Z to read as follows:   SUBCHAPTER Z.  MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS          Sec. 178.901.  REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS APPOINTED BY   MUNICIPALITY TO CERTAIN BOARDS. Notwithstanding any other law, a   director of a conservation and reclamation district created under   Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, who is appointed by   the governing body of a municipality, serves at the pleasure of the   governing body and may be removed by the governing body at any time   without cause.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2017.