S.B. No. 2569

AN ACT

relating to the governing body of the Willacy County Navigation District.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Chapter 404, Acts of the 53rd Legislature, Regular Session, 1953, is amended by adding Sections 1A, 1B, and 1C to read as follows:

Sec. 1A. In this Act:

(1) "Board" means the board of navigation and canal commissioners of the district.

(2) "Commissioner" means a member of the board.

(3) "District" means the Willacy County Navigation District.

Sec. 1B. (a) The board shall divide the territory of the district into four numbered single-member districts for electing commissioners.

(b) The board may revise the single-member districts as necessary or appropriate.

(c) The board consists of five commissioners. One commissioner is elected from each single-member district, and one commissioner is elected from the district at large.

(d) Commissioners serve staggered four-year terms.

(e) The commissioner elected from the district at large serves as the presiding officer of the board.

Sec. 1C. The board shall hold an election to elect the appropriate number of commissioners on the uniform election date in November of each even-numbered year.

SECTION 2. (a) In this section, "board," "commissioner," and "district" have the meanings assigned by Section 1A, Chapter 404, Acts of the 53rd Legislature, Regular Session, 1953, as added by this Act.

(b) Not later than June 1, 2010, the board shall divide the territory of the district into four numbered single-member districts as required by Section 1B, Chapter 404, Acts of the 53rd Legislature, Regular Session, 1953, as added by this Act.

(c) A commissioner of the district who is serving on the day before the effective date of this Act shall serve until a successor qualifies following an election under Subsection (d) of this section.

(d) On the uniform election date in November 2010, the board shall hold an election to elect one at-large commissioner and four commissioners from single-member districts.

(e) The five commissioners elected under Subsection (d) of this section shall draw lots to determine which two commissioners shall serve a term expiring December 1, 2012, and which three commissioners shall serve a term expiring December 1, 2014.

(f) On the uniform election date in November 2012, the board shall hold an election to elect two commissioners to terms of four years.

(g) On the uniform election date in 2014, the board shall hold an election to elect three commissioners to terms of four years.

SECTION 3. (a) The legal notice of the intention to introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies, officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313, Government Code.

(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of representatives within the required time.

(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled and accomplished.

SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2009.

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President of the Senate Speaker of the House

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2569 passed the Senate on May 11, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 29, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

______________________________ Secretary of the Senate

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2569 passed the House, with amendment, on May 27, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, one present not voting.

______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House

Approved:

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Date

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Governor