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78R19581 DRH-D
Suspending limitations on conference committee
jurisdiction, S.B. No. 1936
By: Ellis S.R. No. 1026
R E S O L U T I O N
BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, 78th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, That Senate Rule 12.03 be
suspended in part as provided by Senate Rule 12.08 to enable the
conference committee appointed to resolve the differences on Senate
Bill No. 1936, relating to the creation of the Buffalo Bayou
Management District; providing the authority to impose taxes and
issue bonds, to consider and take action on the following matters:
(1) Senate Rule 12.03(1) is suspended to permit the
committee to change text in SECTION 4 of the bill so that SECTION 4
reads as follows:
SECTION 4. BOUNDARIES. The district includes all the
territory contained in the following described area:
POINT OF BEGINNING at the intersection of the west boundary line of
the Houston Downtown Management District and the north boundary of
Memorial Drive right-of-way, then west along the north boundary of
Memorial Drive right-of-way to the north boundary of Memorial
Drive' s Heights North exit ramp, then northwest along the north
boundary of Memorial Drive' s Heights North exit ramp to the east
boundary of Heights boulevard right-of-way, then west across
Heights Boulevard from the east boundary of Heights Boulevard
right-of-way to the west boundary of the Heights Boulevard
right-of-way, then south along the west boundary of Heights
boulevard right-of-way to the north boundary of Memorial Drive' s
Memorial West entrance ramp, then southwest along the north
boundary of Memorial Drive' s Memorial West entrance ramp to the
northern boundary line of Memorial Drive right-of-way, then west
along the northern boundary line of Memorial Drive right-of-way to
the west boundary line of Shepherd Drive right-of-way, then south
along the west boundary line of Shepherd Drive right-of-way to the
centerline of West Dallas, then east along the centerline of West
Dallas to the intersection of the west boundary of Montrose
Boulevard right-of-way and the centerline of West Dallas, then
south along the west boundary line of Montrose Boulevard
right-of-way to the south boundary line of U.S. Highway 59 and the
west boundary line of Montrose Boulevard right-of-way, then in an
easterly direction from said intersection along the south boundary
line of U.S. Highway 59 to the intersection of the west boundary
line of the Main Street right-of-way then proceeding from said
intersection in a northwesterly direction along the boundary line
of the west Main Street right-of-way paralleling the boundary line
of the Greater Southeast Management District to the intersection of
the boundary line of the south Portland Street right-of-way and the
boundary line of the west Main Street right-of-way, being the
southern boundary line of the Midtown Management District, then
proceeding from said intersection in generally a northeasterly
direction the boundary line parallels the Midtown Management
District boundary line to the intersection of the west boundary
line of the US Hwy 45 right-of-way and the north boundary line of
the Cleveland Street right-of-way, being the western boundary line
of the Houston Downtown Management District, then north from said
intersection along the western boundary line of the Houston
Downtown Management District to the POINT OF BEGINNING.
Explanation: The new description of the area of the district
is necessary to reflect a change in the area to be included in the
district.
(2) Senate Rule 12.03(1) is suspended to permit the
committee to change text in SECTION 9 of the bill so that SECTION 9
reads as follows:
SECTION 9. BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN GENERAL. (a) The district
is governed by a board of 31 voting directors appointed under
Section 10 of this Act and nonvoting directors as provided by
Section 11 of this Act.
(b) Voting directors serve staggered terms of four years,
with 15 directors' terms expiring June 1 of an odd-numbered year and
16 directors' terms expiring June 1 of the following odd-numbered
year.
(c) The board may decrease the number of directors on the
board by resolution if the board finds that it is in the best
interest of the district. The board may not consist of fewer than
five directors.
Explanation: The changed text is necessary to accommodate a
larger board of directors for the district and to stagger terms
accordingly.
(3) Senate Rule 12.03(1) is suspended to permit the
committee to change text in SECTION 11(b) of the bill so that
Subsection (b) reads as follows:
(b) If a department described by Subsection (a) of this
section is consolidated, renamed, or changed, the board may appoint
a director of the consolidated, renamed, or changed department as a
nonvoting director. If a department described by Subsection (a) of
this section is abolished, the board may appoint a representative
of another department that performs duties comparable to those
performed by the abolished department.
Explanation: The change is necessary to clarify to which
section the reference to "Subsection (a)" applies.
(4) Senate Rule 12.03(1) is suspended to permit the
committee to change text in SECTION 19(a) of the bill so that
Subsection (a) reads as follows:
(a) If authorized at an election held in accordance with
Section 18 of this Act, the district may impose an annual ad valorem
tax on taxable property in the district for the:
(1) maintenance and operation of the district and the
improvements constructed or acquired by the district; or
(2) provision of a service.
Explanation: The change is necessary to clarify that the
Section 18 referred to is from this Act.
(5) Senate Rule 12.03(1) is suspended to permit the
committee to change text in SECTIONS 31(a), (b), and (c) of the bill
so that Subsections (a), (b), and (c) read as follows:
(a) The initial board consists of the following persons:
Pos. No. Name of Director
1 Kay Crooker
2 Mike Garver
3 Sharon Berryman
4 Tom Fricke
5 Graham Painter
6 James Robert McDermaid
7 Maria Munoz-Blanco
8 Kelly Parker
9 Max Schuette
10 Robert Smith III
11 Don Cutrer
12 William Taylor
13 Craig Jackson
14 Ernie Etuk
15 Marcia Johnson
16 Horace Allison
17 Eulundia Kay Shepard
18 Rev. Owen B. Brown
19 Rev. Elmo Johnson
20 John Garza
21 Karen Dominoe
22 Kevin Hoffman
23 Jeff Andrews
24 William Paul Thomas
25 Claude Wynn
26 Cherry Walker
27 John Hansen
28 Kathy Hubbard
29 Raju Adwaney
30 Mike Mark
31 Sia Ravari
(b) Of the initial directors, the terms of directors
appointed for positions 1 through 15 expire June 1, 2005, and the
terms of directors appointed for positions 16 through 31 expire
June 1, 2007.
(c) Section 10 of this Act does not apply to this section.
Explanation: The changed text is necessary to add the
complete number of initial directors authorized to serve on the
board and to adjust their terms accordingly.