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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the name, commissioners, and powers of the Aransas |
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County Navigation District No. 1. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Chapter 5001, Special District |
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Local Laws Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 5001. ARANSAS COUNTY NAVIGATION DISTRICT [NO. 1] |
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SECTION 2. Section 5001.001, Special District Local Laws |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 5001.001. DEFINITIONS [DEFINITION]. In this chapter: |
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(1) "Commission" means the navigation and canal |
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commission of the district. |
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(2) "Commissioner" means a member of the commission. |
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(3) "District" [, "district"] means the Aransas County |
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Navigation District [No. 1]. |
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SECTION 3. Chapter 5001, Special District Local Laws Code, |
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is amended by adding Subchapter A-1 to read as follows: |
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SUBCHAPTER A-1. COMMISSION |
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Sec. 5001.021. COMMISSION; TERMS. (a) The district is |
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governed by a commission consisting of five elected commissioners. |
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(b) Commissioners serve staggered four-year terms of |
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office, with two or three commissioners' terms expiring January 1 |
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of each odd-numbered year. |
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(c) One commissioner is elected from each Aransas County |
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commissioners precinct and one commissioner is elected from the |
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district at large. |
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Sec. 5001.022. ELECTION OF COMMISSIONERS. On the uniform |
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election date in November of each even-numbered year, the |
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appropriate number of commissioners shall be elected. |
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Sec. 5001.023. COMPENSATION OF COMMISSIONERS. |
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Notwithstanding Section 62.070, Water Code, the commission shall |
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set the amount of the compensation, office and travel expenses, and |
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other allowances for the commissioners, other district officers, |
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and employees who are paid wholly from district money. |
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SECTION 4. Section 5001.051, Special District Local Laws |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 5001.051. DEFINITION [DEFINITIONS]. In this |
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subchapter, "fund"[:
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[(1)
"Commission" means the navigation and canal
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commission of the district.
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[(2) "Fund"] means a promotion and development fund |
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created by the district. |
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SECTION 5. Chapter 5001, Special District Local Laws Code, |
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is amended by adding Subchapter C to read as follows: |
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SUBCHAPTER C. PROPERTY MANAGEMENT |
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Sec. 5001.101. PURCHASE OR LEASE OF PROPERTY. The district |
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may purchase or lease property in the same manner as a county. |
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SECTION 6. (a) The changes in law made by this Act do not |
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affect the selection of the members of the navigation and canal |
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commission of the Aransas County Navigation District serving before |
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January 1, 2008. |
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(b) Notwithstanding Section 5001.022, Special District |
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Local Laws Code, as added by this Act, on the uniform election date |
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in November 2007, five members of the navigation and canal |
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commission of the Aransas County Navigation District shall be |
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elected. The members must possess the qualifications provided by |
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Subsection (c), Section 5001.021, Special District Local Laws Code, |
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as added by this Act. The members elected take office January 1, |
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2008. The terms of the members elected from Aransas County |
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commissioners precincts 1 and 3 expire January 1, 2009. The terms |
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of the members elected from Aransas County commissioners precincts |
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2 and 4 and of the member elected from the district at large expire |
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January 1, 2011. |
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(c) The term of a member of the navigation and canal |
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commission of the Aransas County Navigation District serving on |
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December 31, 2007, expires on January 1, 2008. |
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(d) On the uniform election date in November of each |
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even-numbered year, the appropriate number of members of the |
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navigation and canal commission of the Aransas County Navigation |
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District shall be elected to four-year terms as provided by |
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Subchapter A-1, Chapter 5001, Special District Local Laws Code, as |
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added by this Act. |
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SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |