HB5693

The law replaces Section 4’s general election reference to Water Code Chapter 49, Subchapter D, with an explicit November odd-year schedule and supplies the transition rules. Those are changes to existing law, not amendments added during this bill’s passage.

The introduced bill, House committee report, House-passed text, Senate committee report and enrolled law have identical operative text; differences are printing and certifications. Both committees reported without amendments. The amendment index lists none, and the text index identifies all five versions. Passage votes were 109–22, with two present but not voting, in the House and 30–1 in the Senate.

Compare the published text versions in the official text index. A change is not attributed to a specific amendment here without a verified record.

District voters, candidates, commissioners and election administrators are directly affected by the changed calendar. The transitional service periods keep sitting commissioners in office until successors qualify. Changing election timing may affect participation and administration, but the official materials reviewed do not quantify those effects or establish that the scheduled elections have occurred.

The May 5 introduced fiscal note and May 21 engrossed fiscal note anticipate no state fiscal implication and no significant local-government fiscal implication. They do not give a dollar estimate, promise election savings or say all administrative work is cost-free.