HB5033 Summary

• Amends the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act to allow the executive director, with board approval, to appoint a director of diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice and create a corresponding department.

• Allows the executive director, with board approval, to appoint a deputy executive director who must be selected based on administrative and technical qualifications without regard to political affiliations.

• Establishes that the deputy executive director serves under direct supervision of the executive director and may be removed for cause with a public hearing.

• Exempts the deputy executive director and director of diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice from classified civil service coverage.