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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the election of the members of the Board of Port |
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Commissioners of the Port of Port Arthur Navigation District of |
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Jefferson County. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 9, Chapter 197, Acts of the 58th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 1963, is amended by amending |
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Subsections (a), (c), and (d) and adding Subsections (e) and (f) to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) The District shall hold an election in the District to |
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elect the appropriate number of commissioners on the uniform |
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election date in [first Saturday of] May in each odd-numbered year |
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[at which time there shall be elected five (5) Port Commissioners]. |
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(c) Except as provided by Subsection (f) [(d)] of this |
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section, the commissioners serve staggered six-year [four-year] |
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terms. |
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(d) Four commissioners are elected from single-member |
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districts and one commissioner is elected at large [At the
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commissioner's election held in 1991, five commissioners shall be
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elected. Those elected shall draw lots to determine which two
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commissioners will serve two-year terms and which three
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commissioners will serve four-year terms. At the election held in
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1993, two commissioners shall be elected. Those commissioners and
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commissioners elected at subsequent elections serve four-year
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terms]. |
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(e) Before November 30, 2010, the board of commissioners of |
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the Port of Port Arthur Navigation District of Jefferson County, |
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Texas, shall create four single-member precincts for the election |
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of commissioners and establish the boundaries of each single-member |
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precinct and the position that will serve each precinct. The |
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precincts are subject to the approval of any state or federal agency |
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that regulates an election. |
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(f) The commissioners shall determine the date that the term |
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for each of the four single-member precincts and the at-large |
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position expires by drawing lots for 2011, 2013, and 2015. At the |
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2011 election, two commissioners shall be elected to serve terms of |
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six years and one commissioner shall be elected to serve a term of |
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four years. At the 2013 election, two commissioners shall be |
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elected to serve terms of six years. At the election held in 2015, |
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one commissioner shall be elected to serve a term of six years. |
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SECTION 2. A commissioner on the effective date of this Act |
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may continue in office until a successor is elected and qualified. |
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SECTION 3. (a) The legal notice of the intention to |
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introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this |
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Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a |
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copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies, |
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officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished |
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under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313, |
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Government Code. |
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(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has |
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submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on |
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Environmental Quality. |
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(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed |
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its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the |
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lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of |
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representatives within the required time. |
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(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this |
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state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect |
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to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled |
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and accomplished. |
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SECTION 4. 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. |