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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the board of navigation and canal commissioners of the |
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Matagorda 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. Subtitle A, Title 5, Special District Local Laws |
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Code, is amended by adding Chapter 5006 to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 5006. MATAGORDA COUNTY NAVIGATION DISTRICT NO. 1 |
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SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
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Sec. 5006.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: |
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(1) "Board" means the board of navigation and canal |
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commissioners of the district. |
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(2) "Commissioner" means a member of the board. |
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(3) "District" means the Matagorda County Navigation |
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District No. 1. |
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[Sections 5006.002-5006.050 reserved for expansion] |
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SUBCHAPTER B. DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION |
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Sec. 5006.051. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS; TERM; ELECTION. (a) |
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The district is governed by a board consisting of five |
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commissioners elected at large. |
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(b) Commissioners serve staggered six-year terms, with the |
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terms of one or two commissioners expiring on November 30 of each |
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even-numbered year. |
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(c) An election shall be held in the district every two |
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years on the uniform election date in November to elect one or two |
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commissioners. |
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SECTION 2. (a) Notwithstanding Section 5006.051, Special |
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District Local Laws Code, as added by this Act, on the uniform |
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election date in November 2010, the board of navigation and canal |
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commissioners of the Matagorda County Navigation District No. 1 |
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shall hold an election to elect: |
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(1) one commissioner to serve a term expiring |
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November 30, 2014; and |
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(2) two commissioners to serve terms expiring |
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November 30, 2016. |
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(b) On the uniform election date in November of each |
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even-numbered year after 2010, the board of navigation and canal |
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commissioners of the Matagorda County Navigation District No. 1 |
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shall hold an election to elect the appropriate number of |
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commissioners to serve six-year terms. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |