87R21465 SLB-D
 
  By: Herrero H.B. No. 4621
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4621:
 
  By:  Lucio III C.S.H.B. No. 4621
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the number, terms, and compensation of the
  commissioners of the Nueces County Drainage and Conservation
  District Number 2.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 5 and 6, Chapter 520, Acts of the 57th
  Legislature, Regular Session, 1961, are amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 5.  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (d), the
  District is governed by a board of three Commissioners.
         (b)  No Commissioner of said District shall be eligible for
  office unless the Commissioner [he] resides within the boundaries
  of the District, owns land within the District and is a duly
  qualified voter of said District.
         (c)  Except as provided by Subsection (d), Commissioners
  serve staggered four-year terms.
         (d)  The board by resolution adopted on a vote of a majority
  of the Commissioners may expand the number of Commissioners from
  three to five. For the first election to elect Commissioners that
  follows the adoption of the resolution, the Commissioners shall
  call for an election of five Commissioners to fill all positions on
  the board. On organizing the board at the first board meeting
  following the election, the Commissioners shall draw lots to
  determine which three Commissioners shall serve four-year terms and
  which two Commissioners shall serve initial two-year terms. After
  the initial two-year terms, Commissioners serve four-year terms.
         Sec. 6.  (a) The Commissioners of Nueces County Drainage and
  Conservation District Number 2 may receive for their services
  compensation for the time actually engaged in the work of their
  District, the amount of which compensation shall be fixed by the
  Commissioners Court of Nueces County by an order entered in the
  minutes of said Court at any amount up to, but not in excess of,
  $1,600 [$500] in any one (1) calendar month. The amount of such
  compensation shall be determined upon the application therefor in
  writing by the Commissioners of the District located in Nueces
  County filed with the Commissioners Court in said County showing
  the necessity therefor and provided that said Commissioners Court,
  after having heard such petitions, may deny or grant the same in
  whole or in part and shall enter their written order in the minutes
  of said Court fixing the amount of such compensation within the
  limit aforesaid.
         (b)  The amount of compensation limited by Subsection (a)
  does not include the value of benefits, including health care
  coverage, provided to the Commissioners.
         SECTION 2.  Unless the commissioners of the Nueces County
  Drainage and Conservation District Number 2 adopt a resolution
  under Section 5(d), Chapter 520, Acts of the 57th Legislature,
  Regular Session, 1961, as added by this Act, the commissioners
  shall draw lots to determine which two commissioners serve a term of
  four years, and which commissioner serves a term of two years.
         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.  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, 2021.