HB1930 - Relating to the qualifications for serving as a member of the board of directors of certain municipal utility districts.

  89R23657 ANG-D     By: González of El Paso, et al. H.B. No. 1930     Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1930:     By:  Gates C.S.H.B. No. 1930       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the qualifications for serving as a member of the board   of directors of certain municipal utility districts.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 54.102, Water Code, is amended to read as   follows:          Sec. 54.102.  QUALIFICATIONS FOR DIRECTORS. To be qualified   to serve as a director, a person shall :                 (1)   be at least 18 years old ;                 (2)  be [ , ] a resident citizen of the State of Texas ; [ , ]   and                 (3)   either own land subject to taxation in the   district or be a qualified voter within the district.          SECTION 2.  Subchapter C, Chapter 54, Water Code, is amended   by adding Section 54.103 to read as follows:           Sec.   54.103.     QUALIFICATIONS FOR DIRECTORS IN CERTAIN   COUNTIES. (a)   This section applies only to a district wholly or   partly located in a county that:                 (1)  borders the United Mexican States; and                 (2)     contains a municipality with a population of more   than 500,000.           (b)     Notwithstanding Section 54.102, to be qualified to   serve as a director of a district to which this section applies, a   person shall:                 (1)     meet the requirements of Sections 54.102(1) and   (2); and                 (2)  be a qualified voter within the district.           (c)     Notwithstanding Subsection (b)(2), a person who is not a   qualified voter within a district may serve as a director of the   district if:                 (1)     less than 50 percent of the retail water or sewer   connections in the district are for residential users; and                 (2)     the district did not receive an application for a   place on the ballot for each position on the board from a candidate   who is a qualified voter within the district on or before the 15th   day before the deadline for filing an application for a place on the   ballot as prescribed by Section 144.005, Election Code.          SECTION 3.  Section 54.103, Water Code, as added by this Act,   does not affect the entitlement of a member serving immediately   before the effective date of this Act on the board of directors of a   municipal utility district described by that section to continue to   carry out the board's functions for the remainder of the member's   term. That section applies only to a member of the board of   directors of such a district elected or appointed on or after the   effective date of this Act. That section does not prohibit a person   who is a member of the board of directors of such a district on the   effective date of this Act from being reelected or reappointed to   the board if the person has the qualifications required for a member   under that section.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.