By: Duncan S.B. No. 718
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to membership of the board of directors of the Lubbock
1-3 Reese Redevelopment Authority.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 396.003, Local Government Code, is
1-6 amended to read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 396.003. BOARD. (a) The board consists of nine
1-8 members and is responsible for the management, operation, and
1-9 control of the authority.
1-10 (b) The board is composed of:
1-11 (1) seven [two] members appointed by the governing
1-12 body of the municipality;
1-13 (2) one member [two members] appointed by the
1-14 governing body of the county; and
1-15 (3) one member appointed by the South Plains
1-16 Association of Governments[; and]
1-17 [(4) four at-large members appointed by the majority
1-18 vote of the members appointed under Subdivisions (1), (2), and
1-19 (3)].
1-20 (c) A vacancy on the board is filled in the same manner as
1-21 the original appointment[. In order to implement staggered terms
1-22 of office, beginning on October 1, 1999, at the expiration of the
1-23 terms of office of the initial board, successor members shall be
1-24 appointed to serve as follows:]
1-25 [(1) one of the two members appointed by the governing
2-1 body of the municipality shall be appointed to serve a term of two
2-2 years, and the remaining member shall be appointed to serve a term
2-3 of four years;]
2-4 [(2) one of the two members appointed by the governing
2-5 body of the county shall be appointed to serve a term of two years,
2-6 and the remaining member shall be appointed to serve a term of four
2-7 years;]
2-8 [(3) the member appointed by the South Plains
2-9 Association of Governments shall be appointed to serve a term of
2-10 two years; and]
2-11 [(4) two of the four at-large members appointed by the
2-12 majority vote of the members appointed under Subsections (b)(1),
2-13 (2), and (3) shall be appointed to serve a term of two years, and
2-14 the remaining two members shall be appointed to serve a term of
2-15 four years].
2-16 (d) All [(e) At the expiration of the two-year and
2-17 four-year terms of office provided for under Subsections
2-18 (d)(1)-(4), all following] terms of office shall be for a period of
2-19 four years. A member appointed to fill a vacancy for an unexpired
2-20 term shall serve for the remainder of that term only. A member may
2-21 be appointed to succeed himself or herself on the board for only
2-22 one additional successive term.
2-23 (e) [(f)] The members of the board shall elect from its
2-24 membership a president and a vice president. The vice president
2-25 shall preside in the absence of the president.
2-26 (f) [(g)] The board shall adopt rules for its proceedings
3-1 and may employ and compensate persons to carry out the powers and
3-2 duties of the authority.
3-3 SECTION 2. The members of the board of directors of the
3-4 Lubbock Reese Redevelopment Authority serving on the effective date
3-5 of this Act continue to serve on the board for the remainder of
3-6 their terms. For members' terms that begin on October 1, 2001,
3-7 appointments shall be made as follows:
3-8 (1) one position shall be filled by the South Plains
3-9 Association of Governments; and
3-10 (2) the other positions shall be filled by the
3-11 governing body of the municipality.
3-12 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
3-13 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
3-14 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
3-15 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
3-16 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.