By: Blanco S.B. No. 3044     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   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  Section 6(e), Chapter 453, Acts of the 73rd   Legislature, Regular Session, 1993, is repealed.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.