BILL ANALYSIS


                                                        H.B. 3211
                                           By: Berlanga (Sponsor)
                                                Natural Resources
                                                         05-12-95
                              Senate Committee Report (Unamended)
BACKGROUND

     The Port of Corpus Christi Authority is governed by a port board of
commissioners composed of seven members serving staggered three-year terms who are appointed by the City of Corpus Christi and
Nueces County.  Current law governing the Corpus Christi port
commission neither outlines residency qualifications for
commissioners nor limits the number of terms commissioners may
serve.

PURPOSE

As proposed, H.B. 3211 establishes a residence eligibility
requirement for appointment to the port commission of the Port of
Corpus Christi Authority of Nueces County; amends the term of a
port commissioner.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not grant any
additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or
agency.

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1. Amends Sections 2 and 3, Chapter 397, Acts of the 68th
Legislature, Regular Session, 1983, as follows:

     Sec.  2.  New heading: APPOINTMENT OF PORT COMMISSIONERS;
     ELIGIBILITY.  (a) Created from existing text.
     
     (b) Requires a person to have been a resident of Nueces
       County for at least six months to be eligible for the
       appointment to the port commission of the Port of Corpus
       Christi Authority of Nueces County (port commission).
       
       Sec.  3.  TERMS OF OFFICE.  (a) Created from existing text.
     
     (b) Prohibits a person from serving more than four full
       terms as port commissioner on the port commission.
       
       SECTION 2.   Provides that the change in law made by this Act does
not affect the eligibility of a person who, on the effective date
of this Act, is a member of the port commission.

SECTION 3. Emergency clause.
           Effective date: upon passage.