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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the composition of the board of directors of the Gulf |
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Coast Water Authority. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 5 and 5(a), Chapter 712, Acts of the |
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59th Legislature, Regular Session, 1965, are amended to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 5. The management and control of the District is hereby |
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vested in a Board of nine [seven (7)] directors. The seven |
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directors appointed by the Commissioners Court of Galveston County |
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shall represent the geographic and ethnic diversity of the county. |
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Vacancies on the Board of Directors, whether by death, resignation |
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or termination of the term of office, shall be filled by appointment |
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by the commissioners court that appointed the director |
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[Commissioners Court of Galveston County]. All terms of office |
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shall be for a period of two (2) years. Terms shall be staggered [so
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that the terms of three (3) directors expire one year and the terms
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of four (4) directors expire the next year]. Three (3) of the |
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members appointed by the Commissioners Court of Galveston County |
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shall be registered professional engineers under the laws of Texas. |
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Sec. 5(a). One (1) director of the District shall be |
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appointed by the Commissioners Court of Galveston County upon the |
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recommendation of the City Council of the City of Galveston. Six of |
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the remaining [The remaining six (6)] directors shall be appointed |
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by the Commissioners Court of Galveston County with two directors |
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appointed at-large and the remaining four of those directors |
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appointed on the written recommendation of advisory committees |
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appointed by the Board of Directors of the Gulf Coast Water |
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Authority. Two of those directors shall be recommended by the |
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Mainland Municipal Advisory Committee and two of those directors |
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shall be recommended by the Industrial Advisory Committee. The |
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Commissioners Court of Galveston County is entitled to accept or |
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reject the recommendations made to the court by the advisory |
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committees. If a recommendation made by an advisory committee is |
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rejected, the advisory committee shall submit additional |
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recommendations to the court. |
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The Industrial Advisory Committee is composed of one |
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representative of each industrial customer of the Gulf Coast Water |
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Authority. The Mainland Municipal Advisory Committee is composed |
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of one representative of each municipal or water district customer |
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of the Gulf Coast Water Authority that contracts for [uses] not less |
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than 2 million gallons of water a day. The names of the |
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representatives of each of the committees shall be submitted to the |
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Board of Directors of the Gulf Coast Water Authority by the |
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respective industrial and municipal or water district customers. |
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The directors of the Gulf Coast Water Authority shall submit the |
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names of the advisory committee members to the Commissioners Court |
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of Galveston County, which shall record the names in the minutes of |
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the court. |
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One director shall be appointed by the Commissioners Court of |
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Fort Bend County to represent District customers in that county. |
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The director must be recommended by one or more of those customers |
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and reside in that county. |
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One director shall be appointed by the Commissioners Court of |
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Brazoria County to represent District customers in that county. |
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The director must be recommended by one or more of those customers |
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and reside in that county. |
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SECTION 2. (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 has submitted the notice and Act to the |
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Texas Commission on 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, |
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lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of representatives |
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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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |