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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 port commission of the Port of |
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Corpus Christi Authority of Nueces County, Texas. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 1A, Chapter 397, Acts of the 68th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 1983, as added by Chapter 498, Acts |
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of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, is amended to read |
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as follows: |
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Sec. 1A. COMPOSITION OF PORT COMMISSION. The port |
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commission is composed of nine port commissioners [seven members]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 2(a), Chapter 397, Acts of the 68th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 1983, is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Port commissioners are appointed as follows: |
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(1) the commissioners court [The Commissioners Court] |
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of Nueces County shall appoint three port commissioners; |
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(2) the city council of the City of Corpus Christi |
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shall appoint three port commissioners; and |
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(3) the commissioners court of San Patricio County |
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shall appoint three port commissioners [four members to the port
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commission, and the City Council of Corpus Christi shall appoint
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three members to the port commission]. |
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SECTION 3. Sections 1, 2, 3, and 4, Chapter 1334, Acts of |
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the 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, are repealed. |
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SECTION 4. Not later than one year after the effective date |
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of this Act, the commissioners court of San Patricio County shall |
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appoint two port commissioners to the port commission of the Port of |
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Corpus Christi Authority of Nueces County, Texas, as provided by |
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Section 2(a), Chapter 397, Acts of the 68th Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 1983, as amended by this Act, to serve terms that expire on |
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dates that preserve the required staggering of terms. |
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SECTION 5. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails |
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over another Act of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, |
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relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted |
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codes. |
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SECTION 6. (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 7. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |