1 | 1 | | 81R6084 SGA-D |
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2 | 2 | | By: Weber H.B. No. 2021 |
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4 | 4 | | |
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5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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7 | 7 | | relating to the board of navigation and canal commissioners of the |
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8 | 8 | | Matagorda County Navigation District No. 1. |
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9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subtitle A, Title 5, Special District Local Laws |
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11 | 11 | | Code, is amended by adding Chapter 5006 to read as follows: |
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12 | 12 | | CHAPTER 5006. MATAGORDA COUNTY NAVIGATION DISTRICT NO. 1 |
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13 | 13 | | SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
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14 | 14 | | Sec. 5006.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: |
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15 | 15 | | (1) "Board" means the board of navigation and canal |
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16 | 16 | | commissioners of the district. |
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17 | 17 | | (2) "Commissioner" means a member of the board. |
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18 | 18 | | (3) "District" means the Matagorda County Navigation |
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19 | 19 | | District No. 1. |
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20 | 20 | | [Sections 5006.002-5006.050 reserved for expansion] |
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21 | 21 | | SUBCHAPTER B. DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION |
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22 | 22 | | Sec. 5006.051. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS; TERM; ELECTION. (a) |
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23 | 23 | | The district is governed by a board consisting of five |
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24 | 24 | | commissioners elected at large. |
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25 | 25 | | (b) Commissioners serve staggered six-year terms, with the |
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26 | 26 | | terms of one or two commissioners expiring on November 30 of each |
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27 | 27 | | even-numbered year. |
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28 | 28 | | (c) An election shall be held in the district every two |
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29 | 29 | | years on the uniform election date in November to elect one or two |
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30 | 30 | | commissioners. |
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31 | 31 | | SECTION 2. (a) Notwithstanding Section 5006.051, Special |
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32 | 32 | | District Local Laws Code, as added by this Act, on the uniform |
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33 | 33 | | election date in November 2010, the board of navigation and canal |
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34 | 34 | | commissioners of the Matagorda County Navigation District No. 1 |
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35 | 35 | | shall hold an election to elect: |
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36 | 36 | | (1) one commissioner to serve a term expiring |
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37 | 37 | | November 30, 2014; and |
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38 | 38 | | (2) two commissioners to serve terms expiring |
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39 | 39 | | November 30, 2016. |
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40 | 40 | | (b) On the uniform election date in November of each |
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41 | 41 | | even-numbered year after 2010, the board of navigation and canal |
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42 | 42 | | commissioners of the Matagorda County Navigation District No. 1 |
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43 | 43 | | shall hold an election to elect the appropriate number of |
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44 | 44 | | commissioners to serve six-year terms. |
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45 | 45 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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46 | 46 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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47 | 47 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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48 | 48 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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49 | 49 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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