Relating to the composition of the board of directors and the powers of the Presidio County Underground Water Conservation District, the official text

S.B. No. 3044

AN ACT

relating to the composition of the board of directors and the powers

of the Presidio County Underground Water Conservation District.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 5, Chapter 453, Acts of the 73rd

Legislature, Regular Session, 1993, is amended to read as follows:

SECTION 5. POWERS. (a) The district has all of the rights,

powers, privileges, authority, functions, and duties provided by

the general law of this state, including Chapters 50 and 52, Water

Code, applicable to groundwater [underground water] conservation

districts created under Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas

Constitution. This Act prevails over any provision of general law

that is in conflict or inconsistent with this Act.

(b) The rights, powers, privileges, authority, functions,

and duties of the district are subject to the continuing right of

supervision of the state to be exercised by and through the Texas

[Water] Commission on Environmental Quality.

(c) Section 36.121, Water Code, does not apply to the

district.

SECTION 2. Section 6, Chapter 453, Acts of the 73rd

Legislature, Regular Session, 1993, is amended by amending

Subsections (a), (g), and (h) and adding Subsections (d-1) and

(d-2) to read as follows:

(a) The district is governed by a board of seven [five]

directors.

(d-1) One member of the board shall be appointed by the

governing body of the City of Marfa.

(d-2) One member of the board shall be appointed by the

governing body of the City of Presidio.

(g) A [If there is a] vacancy on the board shall be filled

for the unexpired term in the same manner provided for the

appointment of the position[, the commissioners court of Presidio

County, as appropriate, shall appoint a director to serve the

remainder of the term].

(h) An appointing entity [The commissioners court of

Presidio County, as appropriate,] shall appoint a director to

succeed a director appointed by that entity on or before the date

the director's term expires.

SECTION 3. Section 6(e), Chapter 453, Acts of the 73rd

Legislature, Regular Session, 1993, is repealed.

SECTION 4. (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 5. 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, 2025.

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President of the Senate
Speaker of the House

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 3044 passed the Senate on

May 6, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

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Secretary of the Senate

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 3044 passed the House on

May 16, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 110, Nays 21, two

present not voting.

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Chief Clerk of the House

Approved:

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Date

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Governor