The North East Texas Regional Water Planning Group (NETRWPG) is accepting nominations for positions to serve as voting members, the organization announced late Wednesday. Due to the expiring terms of eight positions, appointments will be made for each of the eight terms.
State law and the Bylaws of the NETRWPG require diversity in the membership of the NETRWPG. Section 16.053 of the Texas Water Code lists the required interest groups and the requirement that the regional planning groups maintain adequate representation from those interests. Due to existing overlap, members can be selected from any interest group except that a selection must come from each of the following: one from the electric generating utilities interest group and one from small businesses interest group.
To achieve geographical diversity on a county level, selection for terms starting September 2020, at least one member must come from the following counties: Rains, Marion, Delta, Morris, Camp and Upshur. The effort to strive to achieve geographical diversity is found in Article V, Section 4 of the NETRWPG Bylaws.
Terms are expiring for positions held by Russell Acker, Bruce Bradley, Larry Calvin, Greg Carter, Mike McCoy, Fred Milton, Ned Muse and Harlton Taylor.
In this selection process, NETRWPG says it will strive to achieve interest group, geographic, ethnic and gender diversity.
To be eligible, a person must be qualified as set forth in the NETRWPG Bylaws. The conditions of membership are set forth in the NETRWPG Bylaws. Term limits are established in the Bylaws.
Due to term limits, the persons with expiring terms in 2020 who are not eligible for reappointment are Calvin, Carter and McCoy.
Nomination may be submitted to the principal administrative office of the NETRWPG by mail to Northeast Texas Municipal Water District, P.O. Box 955, Hughes Springs, Texas 75656. The office is at 4180 Farm Road 250 in Hughes Springs. The deadline for submission is June 3.