82R3480 PMO-D

By: Deshotel H.B. No. 1251

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the election of the members of the Board of Port Commissioners of the Port of Port Arthur Navigation District of Jefferson County.

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

SECTION 1. Sections 9(a) and (c), Chapter 197, Acts of the 58th Legislature, Regular Session, 1963, are amended to read as follows:

(a) The District shall hold an election in the District to elect the appropriate number of port commissioners as required to maintain a full Board of Port Commissioners on the uniform election date in [first Saturday of] May in each odd-numbered year [at which time there shall be elected five (5) Port Commissioners].

(c) Port [Except as provided by Subsection (d) of this section, the] commissioners serve staggered six-year [four-year] terms.

SECTION 2. (a) A port commissioner who on the effective date of this Act serves on the Board of Port Commissioners of the Port of Port Arthur Navigation District of Jefferson County shall continue in office until a successor is elected and qualified.

(b) Port commissioners of the Port of Port Arthur Navigation District of Jefferson County shall serve six-year terms of office beginning with terms of port commissioners elected at the election held in 2013, in accordance with Sections 9(a) and (c), Chapter 197, Acts of the 58th Legislature, Regular Session, 1963, as amended by this Act.

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. Except as provided by Section 2(b) of this Act, 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.