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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the governing body of the Willacy County Navigation |
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District. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 404, Acts of the 53rd Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 1953, is amended by adding Sections 1A, 1B, and 1C |
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to read as follows: |
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Sec. 1A. In this Act: |
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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 Willacy County Navigation |
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District. |
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Sec. 1B. (a) The board shall divide the territory of the |
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district into four numbered single-member districts for electing |
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commissioners. |
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(b) The board may revise the single-member districts as |
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necessary or appropriate. |
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(c) The board consists of five commissioners. One |
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commissioner is elected from each single-member district, and one |
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commissioner is elected from the district at large. |
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(d) Commissioners serve staggered four-year terms. |
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(e) The commissioner elected from the district at large |
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serves as the presiding officer of the board. |
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Sec. 1C. The board shall hold an election to elect the |
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appropriate number of commissioners on the uniform election date in |
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November of each even-numbered year. |
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SECTION 2. (a) In this section, "board," "commissioner," |
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and "district" have the meanings assigned by Section 1A, Chapter |
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404, Acts of the 53rd Legislature, Regular Session, 1953, as added |
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by this Act. |
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(b) Not later than June 1, 2010, the board shall divide the |
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territory of the district into four numbered single-member |
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districts as required by Section 1B, Chapter 404, Acts of the 53rd |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 1953, as added by this Act. |
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(c) A commissioner of the district who is serving on the day |
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before the effective date of this Act shall serve until a successor |
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qualifies following an election under Subsection (d) of this |
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section. |
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(d) On the uniform election date in November 2010, the board |
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shall hold an election to elect one at-large commissioner and four |
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commissioners from single-member districts. |
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(e) The five commissioners elected under Subsection (d) of |
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this section shall draw lots to determine which two commissioners |
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shall serve a term expiring December 1, 2012, and which three |
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commissioners shall serve a term expiring December 1, 2014. |
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(f) On the uniform election date in November 2012, the board |
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shall hold an election to elect two commissioners to terms of four |
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years. |
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(g) On the uniform election date in 2014, the board shall |
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hold an election to elect three commissioners to terms of four |
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years. |
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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. |