Consider and/or act upon General Manager’s Correspondence.

Staff Report & Agenda Item Details

Consider and/or act upon General Manager’s Correspondence. • Legislative update from Bob Turner in their notebooks. • Texas Workforce Commission tax rate notice for the year 2015. • Ruben Falcon submitted a Letter of resignation from the Board of Directors on March 13, 2015, to be effective March 13, 2015. • Draft language for a legislative bill to change permitting exemptions in section 36.117 of the Texas Water Code. • Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts released the list of legislative high priority bills as of March 16, 2015. Ronnie Cooper made a motion to delegate authority to the Board President and the General Manager to act on behalf of the Board on legislative issues through the end of the session. Motion seconded by Weldon Blackwelder. Motion carried unanimously. XII Directors’ comments. No comments XIII

This motion is scored as RESTRAINS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 5.1/10). Under the Bastiat Liberty Watchdog Index, voting YES on measures that cap or reduce ad valorem tax burdens, expand taxpayer exemptions, retire debt early, enforce competitive bidding caps, or remove regulatory/zoning barriers to private property rights earns a positive Pro-Liberty score.