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.