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By:  Seaman                                                       H.B. No. 2820



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the annexation of additional territory and the 
composition of the port commission of the Port of Corpus Christi 
Authority of Nueces County, Texas.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  DEFINITIONS.  In this Act:                                         
		(1)  "Authority" means the Port of Corpus Christi 
Authority of Nueces County, Texas.
		(2)  "Commissioners court" means the Commissioners 
Court of San Patricio County.
		(3)  "Port commission" means the port commission of the 
Port of Corpus Christi Authority of Nueces County, Texas.
	SECTION 2.  CONFIRMATION ELECTION.  (a)  As soon as 
practicable after the effective date of this Act, the commissioners 
court  shall hold an election in San Patricio County to allow for 
voting for or against the proposition: "Annexation of San Patricio 
County to the Port of Corpus Christi Authority of Nueces County, 
Texas."
	(b)  The commissioners court shall conduct the election as 
provided by Sections 62.296 and 62.298, Water Code, performing all 
the duties of the commission of the annexing district provided by 
those sections.
	(c)  The commissioners court shall canvass the returns of the 
election and certify the election result to the port commission.
	(d)  If a majority of the voters voting at the election favor 
the annexation of San Patricio County, the port commission shall 
enter and record an order of annexation as provided by Sections 
62.299(c) and (d), Water Code.
	(e)  Section 41.001, Election Code, does not apply to an 
election held under this section.  Except as provided by this 
section, the confirmation election must be conducted as provided by 
the Election Code.
	SECTION 3.  EXPIRATION DATE.  If the annexation of San 
Patricio County is not approved at an election held under Section 2 
of this Act before September 1, 2004, this Act expired on that date.
	SECTION 4.  PORT COMMISSION.  If the annexation of San 
Patricio County is approved at an election held under Section 2 of 
this Act:
		(1)  the port commission is composed of seven members;                        
		(2)  notwithstanding Section 2, Chapter 397, Acts of 
the 68th Legislature, Regular Session, 1983:
			(A)  the Commissioners Court of Nueces County 
shall appoint three members to the port commission;
			(B)  the City Council of Corpus Christi shall 
appoint three members to the port commission;
			(C)  the Commissioners Court of San Patricio 
County shall appoint one member to the port commission;
			(D)  in Nueces County and San Patricio County 
there shall not be a residential requirement for appointment to the 
port commission; and
			(E)  all port commissioners shall have full 
financial disclosure that shall be filed annually with the County 
of Nueces and the County of San Patricio
		(3)  the commissioners serving at the time the 
annexation of San Patricio County is approved continue to serve, 
unless otherwise removed as provided by law, until the expiration 
of their terms;
		(4)  after the initial term of the new commissioner, 
all of the commissioners shall serve staggered three-year terms, as 
provided by Section 3, Chapter 397, Acts of the 68th Legislature, 
Regular Session, 1983, with the terms of three commissioners 
expiring every year.
	SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.