By: Staples, Williams S.B. No. 526
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the San Jacinto River Authority board of directors.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 6, Chapter 426, Acts of the 45th
Legislature, Regular Session, 1937, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 6. The management and control of all the affairs of
said District shall be vested in, and the powers, rights,
privileges, and functions of the District shall be exercised by a
Board of Directors consisting of six (6) members, all of whom shall
be freehold property taxpayers and legal voters of the State of
Texas and four (4) of whom shall be residents of a county wholly
encompassed by the District. Members of such Board of Directors
shall be appointed by the Governor [State Board of Water Engineers]
for terms of six (6) years. Provided, the present Board of six (6)
directors of said District, appointed by the State Board of Water
Engineers under authority of House Bill No. 1094, Chapter 613, Acts
of the Regular Session of the Forty-seventh Legislature, amending
Section 6 of Chapter 426, Acts of the Regular Session of the
Forty-fifth Legislature, as amended by House Bill No. 828, Chapter
480, Acts of the Regular Session of the Forty-seventh Legislature,
for terms of two (2), four (4), and six (6) years, shall continue to
serve as such until the expiration of the respective terms for which
they were appointed. Upon the expiration of the terms for which the
present members of the Board of Directors were appointed, the
successors of each and all of them shall be appointed by the
Governor [State Board of Water Engineers] for a term of six (6)
years.
The Directors shall hold office after their appointment and
qualification until their successors shall be appointed and
qualified. Should any vacancy occur in the Board of Directors, the
same shall be filled in like manner by the Governor [State Board of
Water Engineers] for the unexpired term. The Directors appointed
shall, within thirty (30) days after their appointment, qualify by
taking the official oath required of County Commissioners, and
shall execute bond in the sum of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000)
payable to the District, the sufficiency of which bond shall be
determined by the Governor [State Board of Water Engineers], which
bonds after being recorded in the official bond records of the
county in which the District maintains its office shall be
deposited with the depository selected and approved for the deposit
of the funds of the District.
The Board of Directors shall organize by electing one of its
members President, one Vice-President, one Secretary, and one
Treasurer. Four (4) members, including the presiding officer,
shall constitute a quorum to transact business. The President
shall preside at all meetings of the Board and shall be the chief
executive officer of the District. The Vice-President shall act as
President in case of the absence or disability of the President.
The Secretary shall act as Secretary of the Board and shall be
charged with the duty of keeping a record of all proceedings and all
orders of the Board. The Treasurer shall receive and receipt for
all moneys received by the District and shall keep books and records
of all moneys received and expended. In case of the absence or
inability of the Secretary to act, a Secretary pro tem shall be
selected by the Directors.
The domicile of the District shall be in the City of Conroe,
in the County of Montgomery, Texas, where the District shall
maintain its principal office. The Board of Directors shall have
authority to fix the time, place and number of meetings of such
Board by proper resolutions, regulations and bylaws passed by said
Board. Said Board shall cause to be kept complete and accurate
accounts conforming to approved methods of bookkeeping. Said
accounts and all contracts, documents, and records of the District
shall be kept at said principal office, and same shall be open to
public inspection at all reasonable times.
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act to Section 6,
Chapter 426, Acts of the 45th Legislature, Regular Session, 1937,
relating to the appointment and qualifications of members of the
board of directors of the San Jacinto River Authority do not affect
the entitlement of a member of the board of directors serving
immediately before the effective date of this Act to continue to
serve on the board of directors for the term to which the member was
appointed. As the terms of the members of the board of directors
expire or as vacancies on the board of directors occur, the governor
shall make appointments to the board of directors as provided by
Section 6, Chapter 426, Acts of the 45th Legislature, Regular
Session, 1937, as amended by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.