By: Seaman H.B. No. 2821
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 propositiion: "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 four members to the port commission, three members
from Nueces County, Texas and one from San Patricio County, Texas;
(B) the City Council of Corpus Christi shall
appoint three members to the port commission;
(C) to be eligible for appointment to the port
commission, a person must have been a resident of Nueces County or
San Patricio County for at least six months preceding the date of
the appointment;
(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.