82R8151 KYF-F
 
  By: Hunter H.B. No. 3321
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the name, organization, and powers of the Port of Corpus
  Christi Authority of Nueces County, Texas.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 1, Chapter 397, Acts of the 68th
  Legislature, Regular Session, 1983, is amended by amending
  Subdivision (2) and adding Subdivision (5) to read as follows:
               (2)  "Authority" means the Port of Corpus Christi
  Authority [of Nueces County, Texas].
               (5)  "Port commissioner" means a member of the port
  commission.
         SECTION 2.  Section 1A, Chapter 397, Acts of the 68th
  Legislature, Regular Session, 1983, as added by Chapter 498, Acts
  of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, is amended to read
  as follows:
         Sec. 1A.  NAME OF AUTHORITY. The name of the Port of Corpus
  Christi Authority of Nueces County, Texas, is changed to the Port of
  Corpus Christi Authority.  [COMPOSITION OF PORT COMMISSION. The
  port commission is composed of seven members.]
         SECTION 3.  Section 2, Chapter 397, Acts of the 68th
  Legislature, Regular Session, 1983, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 2.  COMPOSITION [APPOINTMENT] OF PORT COMMISSION
  [COMMISSIONERS]; ELIGIBILITY. (a) The port commission is composed
  of seven members appointed as follows:
               (1)  the [The] Commissioners Court of Nueces County
  shall appoint three [four] members to the port commission;
               (2)  [, and] the City Council of Corpus Christi shall
  appoint three members to the port commission; and
               (3)  the Commissioners Court of San Patricio County
  shall appoint one member to the port commission.
         (b)  To be eligible for appointment to the port commission, a
  [A] person must have been a resident of the political subdivision
  the governing body of which makes the appointment [Nueces County]
  for at least six months [to be eligible for appointment to the port
  commission].
         SECTION 4.  Chapter 397, Acts of the 68th Legislature,
  Regular Session, 1983, is amended by adding Section 4D to read as
  follows:
         Sec. 4D.  LEASE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS. (a) The authority
  may lease any real property owned by the authority, other than real
  property acquired by condemnation, to an individual, private
  corporation, or other private entity for any purpose the port
  commission considers necessary or convenient for the industrial or
  commercial development of the authority's property.
         (b)  The authority may lease property as authorized by this
  section for any number of years and on any terms to which the port
  commission and lessee agree. The authority may enter into any other
  agreements concerning the lease that the port commission considers
  appropriate.
         (c)  The authority may construct buildings and other
  improvements on real property owned by the authority, other than on
  real property acquired by condemnation, for the purpose of leasing
  the real property, buildings, or other improvements to an
  individual, private corporation, or other private entity for any
  purpose the authority considers necessary or convenient for the
  industrial or commercial development of the authority's property.
         (d)  The authority may not acquire real property by gift and
  then lease it back to the donor if the donor's leasehold interest in
  the real property would be exempt from ad valorem taxes, unless the
  commissioners court of the county in which the real property is
  located approves the lease.
         (e)  The powers granted to the authority in this section are
  in addition to, and do not limit, any power the authority has under
  general law.
         (f)  This section does not limit the powers related to zoning
  or taxation of a municipality in which the authority is located. In
  the event of a conflict between this section and the powers related
  to zoning or taxation of a municipality in which any part of the
  authority is located, the powers of the municipality prevail.
         SECTION 5.  The following laws are repealed:
               (1)  Chapter 1334, Acts of the 78th Legislature,
  Regular Session, 2003;
               (2)  Section 1A, Chapter 397, Acts of the 68th
  Legislature, Regular Session, 1983, as added by Chapter 53, Acts of
  the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009; and
               (3)  Section 4, Chapter 397, Acts of the 68th
  Legislature, Regular Session, 1983.
         SECTION 6.  (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 7.  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.