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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