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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to filing suit against board members of groundwater |
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conservation districts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 36.066(a), Water Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) A district may sue and be sued in the courts of this |
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state in the name of the district by and through its board. A |
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district board member acting in his individual capacity is immune |
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from suit and liability for actions taken on behalf of the board. |
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All courts shall take judicial notice of the creation of the |
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district and of it boundaries. |
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SECTION 2. Section 36.066, Water Code, is amended by adding |
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a new Subsection (h) to read as follows: |
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(h) An attempt to bring suit against an individual district |
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board member for actions taken on behalf of the board or for an |
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official vote shall constitute coercion of a public official as |
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defined in Texas Penal Code Section 36.03(1) |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |