Amend SB 1251 (house committee printing) by striking all below the enacting clause and substituting the following:

SECTION 1.  Sections 3807.052(a) and (b), Special District Local Laws Code, are amended to read as follows:

(a)  The mayor and members of the governing body of the City of Houston shall appoint directors from persons recommended by the board. [Notwithstanding Subchapter D, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, to be qualified to serve as director, a person must be at least 18 years of age and:

[(1)     be a resident of the district; or

[(2)     have a district business interest.]

(b)  Appointments to the board must ensure that[:

[(1)]  at least one-third [60 percent] of the directors are residents of the district[; and

[(2)     each director who does not reside in the district has a district business interest].

SECTION 2.  Section 3807.052(c), Special District Local Laws Code, is repealed.

SECTION 3.  (a) The change in law made by this Act applies only to a person appointed to the board of directors of the Greater East End Management District on or after the effective date of this Act.

(b)  The change in law made by this Act does not affect the right of a person appointed to the board of directors of the Greater East End Management District before the effective date of this Act to continue to serve on the board until the person's term expires.

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, 2011.