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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the number, terms, and compensation of the |
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commissioners of the Nueces County Drainage and Conservation |
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District Number 2. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 5 and 6, Chapter 520, Acts of the 57th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 1961, are amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 5. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (d), the |
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District is governed by a board of three Commissioners. |
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(b) No Commissioner of said District shall be eligible for |
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office unless the Commissioner [he] resides within the boundaries |
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of the District, owns land within the District and is a duly |
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qualified voter of said District. |
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(c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), Commissioners |
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serve staggered four-year terms. |
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(d) The board by resolution adopted on a vote of a majority |
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of the Commissioners may expand the number of Commissioners from |
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three to five. For the first election to elect Commissioners that |
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follows the adoption of the resolution, the Commissioners shall |
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call for an election of five Commissioners to fill all positions on |
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the board. On organizing the board at the first board meeting |
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following the election, the Commissioners shall draw lots to |
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determine which three Commissioners shall serve four-year terms and |
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which two Commissioners shall serve initial two-year terms. After |
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the initial two-year terms, Commissioners serve four-year terms. |
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Sec. 6. (a) The Commissioners of Nueces County Drainage and |
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Conservation District Number 2 may receive for their services |
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compensation for the time actually engaged in the work of their |
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District, the amount of which compensation shall be fixed by the |
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Commissioners Court of Nueces County by an order entered in the |
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minutes of said Court at any amount up to, but not in excess of, |
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$1,600 [$500] in any one (1) calendar month. The amount of such |
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compensation shall be determined upon the application therefor in |
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writing by the Commissioners of the District located in Nueces |
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County filed with the Commissioners Court in said County showing |
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the necessity therefor and provided that said Commissioners Court, |
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after having heard such petitions, may deny or grant the same in |
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whole or in part and shall enter their written order in the minutes |
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of said Court fixing the amount of such compensation within the |
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limit aforesaid. |
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(b) The amount of compensation limited by Subsection (a) |
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does not include the value of benefits, including health care |
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coverage, provided to the Commissioners. |
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SECTION 2. Unless the commissioners of the Nueces County |
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Drainage and Conservation District Number 2 adopt a resolution |
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under Section 5(d), Chapter 520, Acts of the 57th Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 1961, as added by this Act, the commissioners |
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shall draw lots to determine which two commissioners serve a term of |
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four years, and which commissioner serves a term of two years. |
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SECTION 3. (a) The legal notice of the intention to |
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introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this |
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Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a |
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copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies, |
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officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished |
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under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313, |
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Government Code. |
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(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has |
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submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on |
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Environmental Quality. |
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(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed |
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its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the |
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lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of |
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representatives within the required time. |
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(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this |
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state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect |
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to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled |
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and accomplished. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |