1-1 By: Duncan S.B. No. 718
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed February 14, 2001; February 19, 2001,
1-3 read first time and referred to Committee on Veteran Affairs and
1-4 Military Installations; March 1, 2001, reported adversely, with
1-5 favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays
1-6 0; March 1, 2001, sent to printer.)
1-7 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 718 By: Shapleigh
1-8 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-9 AN ACT
1-10 relating to membership of the board of directors of the Lubbock
1-11 Reese Redevelopment Authority.
1-12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-13 SECTION 1. Section 396.003, Local Government Code, is
1-14 amended to read as follows:
1-15 Sec. 396.003. BOARD. (a) The board consists of nine
1-16 members and is responsible for the management, operation, and
1-17 control of the authority.
1-18 (b) The board is composed of:
1-19 (1) seven [two] members appointed by the governing
1-20 body of the municipality;
1-21 (2) one member [two members] appointed by the
1-22 governing body of the county; and
1-23 (3) one member appointed by the South Plains
1-24 Association of Governments[; and]
1-25 [(4) four at-large members appointed by the majority
1-26 vote of the members appointed under Subdivisions (1), (2), and
1-27 (3)].
1-28 (c) A vacancy on the board is filled in the same manner as
1-29 the original appointment[. In order to implement staggered terms
1-30 of office, beginning on October 1, 1999, at the expiration of the
1-31 terms of office of the initial board, successor members shall be
1-32 appointed to serve as follows:]
1-33 [(1) one of the two members appointed by the governing
1-34 body of the municipality shall be appointed to serve a term of two
1-35 years, and the remaining member shall be appointed to serve a term
1-36 of four years;]
1-37 [(2) one of the two members appointed by the governing
1-38 body of the county shall be appointed to serve a term of two years,
1-39 and the remaining member shall be appointed to serve a term of four
1-40 years;]
1-41 [(3) the member appointed by the South Plains
1-42 Association of Governments shall be appointed to serve a term of
1-43 two years; and]
1-44 [(4) two of the four at-large members appointed by the
1-45 majority vote of the members appointed under Subsections (b)(1),
1-46 (2), and (3) shall be appointed to serve a term of two years, and
1-47 the remaining two members shall be appointed to serve a term of
1-48 four years].
1-49 (d) All [(e) At the expiration of the two-year and
1-50 four-year terms of office provided for under Subsections
1-51 (d)(1)-(4), all following] terms of office shall be for a period of
1-52 four years. A member appointed to fill a vacancy for an unexpired
1-53 term shall serve for the remainder of that term only. A member may
1-54 be appointed to succeed himself or herself on the board for only
1-55 one additional successive term.
1-56 (e) [(f)] The members of the board shall elect from its
1-57 membership a president and a vice president. The vice president
1-58 shall preside in the absence of the president.
1-59 (f) [(g)] The board shall adopt rules for its proceedings
1-60 and may employ and compensate persons to carry out the powers and
1-61 duties of the authority.
1-62 SECTION 2. The members of the board of directors of the
1-63 Lubbock Reese Redevelopment Authority serving on the effective date
1-64 of this Act continue to serve on the board for the remainder of
2-1 their terms. For members' terms that begin on October 1, 2001,
2-2 appointments shall be made as follows:
2-3 (1) one position shall be filled by the South Plains
2-4 Association of Governments; and
2-5 (2) the other positions shall be filled by the
2-6 governing body of the municipality.
2-7 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2-8 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-9 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
2-10 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-11 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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