Section 8859.056 - Quorum; Concurrence for Transacting Business(a) A majority of the board membership constitutes a quorum for any meeting and a concurrence of a majority of the board shall be sufficient to transact district business, except as provided by Subsection (b).(b) A concurrence of not fewer than six directors is required for transacting the following district business: (1) establishing or amending a groundwater production fee assessed by the district based on the amount of groundwater authorized by permit to be withdrawn from a well or on the amount of water actually withdrawn from a well;(2) adopting the annual budget of the district; and(3) except as provided by Subsection (c), granting or denying a permit or permit amendment for a well that is intended to produce water within the district which will be transported in any amount for use outside the boundaries of the district.(c) A concurrence of a majority of the board is sufficient to grant or deny a permit or permit amendment submitted by a retail public utility that provides retail water service in the district and intends to:(1) produce water from a well located:(A) within the district; and(B) inside the boundaries or a certificated service area of a retail public utility; and(2) transport the water outside the district, so long as the water is used within the same certificated service area or boundary of the retail public utility.Tex. Spec. Dist. Loc. Laws § 8859.056
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 884, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2009.