S.B. No. 2480
AN ACT
relating to the board of navigation and canal commissioners of the
Matagorda County Navigation District No. 1.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subtitle A, Title 5, Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended by adding Chapter 5006 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 5006. MATAGORDA COUNTY NAVIGATION DISTRICT NO. 1
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 5006.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Board" means the board of navigation and canal
commissioners of the district.
(2) "Commissioner" means a member of the board.
(3) "District" means the Matagorda County Navigation
District No. 1.
[Sections 5006.002-5006.050 reserved for expansion]
SUBCHAPTER B. DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 5006.051. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS; TERM; ELECTION.
(a) The district is governed by a board consisting of five
commissioners elected at large.
(b) Commissioners serve staggered six-year terms, with the
terms of one or two commissioners expiring on November 30 of each
even-numbered year.
(c) An election shall be held in the district every two
years on the uniform election date in November to elect one or two
commissioners.
SECTION 2. (a) Notwithstanding Section 5006.051, Special
District Local Laws Code, as added by this Act, on the uniform
election date in November 2010, the board of navigation and canal
commissioners of the Matagorda County Navigation District No. 1
shall hold an election to elect:
(1) one commissioner to serve a term expiring
November 30, 2014; and
(2) two commissioners to serve terms expiring
November 30, 2016.
(b) On the uniform election date in November of each
even-numbered year after 2010, the board of navigation and canal
commissioners of the Matagorda County Navigation District No. 1
shall hold an election to elect the appropriate number of
commissioners to serve six-year terms.
SECTION 3. 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, 2009.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2480 passed the Senate on
April 23, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2480 passed the House on
May 25, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, two
present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor