1-1 By: Bonnen (Senate Sponsor - Brown) H.B. No. 3159
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 23, 2001;
1-3 April 24, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
1-4 Natural Resources; May 11, 2001, reported favorably by the
1-5 following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 11, 2001, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to the compensation and per diem of the commissioners of
1-9 Brazoria Drainage District Number 4.
1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11 SECTION 1. Section 9(a), Chapter 991, Acts of the 74th
1-12 Legislature, Regular Session, 1995, is amended to read as follows:
1-13 (a) Notwithstanding provisions found elsewhere in this Act,
1-14 the salary of a commissioner shall be set at $30 [$25] per day. It
1-15 is further provided that a commissioner shall receive a per diem of
1-16 $10 [$7.50].
1-17 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-18 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-19 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
1-20 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-21 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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