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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. Sections 9(a) and (c), Chapter 197, Acts of the |
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58th Legislature, Regular Session, 1963, are amended to read as |
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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 port commissioners as required to |
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maintain a full Board of Port Commissioners on the uniform election |
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date in [first Saturday of] May in each odd-numbered year [at which
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time there shall be elected five (5) Port Commissioners]. |
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(c) Port [Except as provided by Subsection
(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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SECTION 2. (a) A port commissioner who on the effective |
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date of this Act serves on the Board of Port Commissioners of the |
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Port of Port Arthur Navigation District of Jefferson County shall |
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continue in office until a successor is elected and qualified. |
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(b) Port commissioners of the Port of Port Arthur Navigation |
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District of Jefferson County shall serve six-year terms of office |
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beginning with terms of port commissioners elected at the election |
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held in 2013, in accordance with Sections 9(a) and (c), Chapter 197, |
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Acts of the 58th Legislature, Regular Session, 1963, as amended by |
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this Act. |
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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. Except as provided by Section 2(b) of this Act, |
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this Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of |
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two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by |
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Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not |
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receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes |
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effect September 1, 2011. |