HBA-BSM H.B. 3676 77(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 3676 By: Chisum Natural Resources 7/26/2001 Enrolled BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The Collingsworth County Underground Water Conservation District (district) was created by the legislature in 1985. The current members of the district's board of directors asked that the organization of the board be changed so that the board will continue to have five members but no longer have a member-at-large, with board members representing a "district zone" in which they would be required to own property. Adjoining areas have also expressed interest in joining the district, but the district's enabling legislation does not allow for the expansion of the board membership to represent the added areas. House Bill 3676 authorizes the Collingsworth County Water Conservation District to compensate for annexed contiguous territory by redrawing the districts or adding a member to the board of directors. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. ANALYSIS House Bill 3676 amends law to authorize the Collingsworth County Underground Water Conservation District (district) to call an election to approve the levy and collection of an ad valorem tax to secure bonds issued by the district or a maintenance and operation tax. The bill provides that if the district annexes additional territory, the board of directors is authorized to add the annexed territory to one or more existing single-member districts for purposes of electing directors, redraw the five single-member districts to include the annexed territory, or add a sixth single-member district for the election of an additional director. The bill also requires that the board provide for one director to be elected from each of the single-member districts and that the board elections be held on a uniform election day in even-numbered years. EFFECTIVE DATE June 16, 2001.