By: Lucio S.B. No. 2569
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the governing body of the Willacy County Navigation
District.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 404, Acts of the 53rd Legislature,
Regular Session, 1953, is amended by adding Sections 1A, 1B, and 1C
to read as follows:
Sec. 1A. In this Act:
(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 Willacy County Navigation
District.
Sec. 1B. (a) The board shall divide the territory of the
district into four numbered single-member districts for electing
commissioners.
(b) The board may revise the single-member districts as
necessary or appropriate.
(c) The board consists of five commissioners. One
commissioner is elected from each single-member district, and one
commissioner is elected from the district at large.
(d) Commissioners serve staggered four-year terms.
Sec. 1C. The board shall hold an election to elect the
appropriate number of commissioners on the uniform election date in
November of each odd-numbered year.
SECTION 2. (a) In this section, "board," "commissioner,"
and "district" have the meanings assigned by Section 1A, Chapter
404, Acts of the 53rd Legislature, Regular Session, 1953, as added
by this Act.
(b) Not later than June 1, 2010, the board shall divide the
territory of the district into four numbered single-member
districts as required by Section 1B, Chapter 404, Acts of the 53rd
Legislature, Regular Session, 1953, as added by this Act. At that
time, the board shall adopt a resolution specifying the
single-member district positions that will be elected in 2011 and
2013.
(c) A commissioner of the district who is serving on the day
before the effective date of this Act shall serve until the
commissioner's term expires.
(d) On the uniform election date in November 2009, the board
shall hold an election to elect one at-large commissioner to a term
of four years.
(e) On the uniform election date in November 2011, the board
shall hold an election to elect two commissioners from
single-member districts as provided by the resolution adopted under
Subsection (b) of this section.
(f) On the uniform election date in November 2013, the board
shall hold an election to elect two commissioners from
single-member districts and one at-large commissioner as provided
by the resolution adopted under Subsection (b) of this section.
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, 2009.