1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the compensation and per diem of the commissioners of
 1-3     Brazoria Drainage District Number 4.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 9(a), Chapter 991, Acts of the 74th
 1-6     Legislature, Regular Session, 1995, is amended to read as follows:
 1-7           (a)  Notwithstanding provisions found elsewhere in this Act,
 1-8     the salary of a commissioner shall be set at $30 [$25] per day.  It
 1-9     is further provided that a commissioner shall receive a per diem of
1-10     $10 [$7.50].
1-11           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-12     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-13     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-14     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-15     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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             President of the Senate              Speaker of the House
               I certify that H.B. No. 3159 was passed by the House on April
         20, 2001, by the following vote:  Yeas 142, Nays 0, 2 present, not
         voting.
                                             _______________________________
                                                 Chief Clerk of the House
               I certify that H.B. No. 3159 was passed by the Senate on May
         22, 2001, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0, 1 present, not
         voting.
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                                                 Secretary of the Senate
         APPROVED:  __________________________
                              Date
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                            Governor