H.B. No. 999         AN ACT   relating to requiring the election of directors of certain   districts to be held on a uniform election date.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 49.103(b), Water Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (b)  Unless a district holds its general election for   officers on a date as otherwise provided by statute, after [After]   confirmation of a district, an election shall be held on the uniform   election date, provided by Section 41.001, Election Code, in May of   each even-numbered year to elect the appropriate number of   directors.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 999 was passed by the House on April   20, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0, 2 present, not   voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House                 I certify that H.B. No. 999 was passed by the Senate on May   17, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate       APPROVED:  _____________________                      Date                           _____________________                    Governor