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Suspending limitations on conference committee
jurisdiction, S.B. No. 1936
By: Ellis S.R. No. 1036
SENATE RESOLUTION
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 and 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 Jackie Martin
4 Mark Lee
5 John Chase, Jr.
6 Adrian Collins
7 Max Schuette
8 June Deadrick
9 Don Cutrer
10 Raju Adwaney
11 Mike Mark
12 Sia Ravari
13 Cherry Walker
14 John Hansen
15 John Dao
16 William Taylor
17 Karen Domino
18 Kevin Hoffman
19 Jeff Andrews
20 William Paul Thomas
21 Theola Petteway
22 Keith Wade
23 Chryisse Wilson
24 Sadie Rucker
25 Julie McClure
26 Angie Gomez
27 Tom Fricke
28 James Robert McDermaid
29 Kathy Hubbard
30 Marsha Johnson
31 Craig Jackson
(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.
_______________________________
President of the Senate
I hereby certify that the
above Resolution was adopted by
the Senate on June 1, 2003, by the
following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
_______________________________
Secretary of the Senate