82R3480 PMO-D
By: Deshotel H.B. No. 1251
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the election of the members of the Board of Port
Commissioners of the Port of Port Arthur Navigation District of
Jefferson County.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 9(a) and (c), Chapter 197, Acts of the
58th Legislature, Regular Session, 1963, are amended to read as
follows:
(a) The District shall hold an election in the District to
elect the appropriate number of port commissioners as required to
maintain a full Board of Port Commissioners on the uniform election
date in [first Saturday of] May in each odd-numbered year [at which
time there shall be elected five (5) Port Commissioners].
(c) Port [Except as provided by Subsection (d) of this
section, the] commissioners serve staggered six-year [four-year]
terms.
SECTION 2. (a) A port commissioner who on the effective
date of this Act serves on the Board of Port Commissioners of the
Port of Port Arthur Navigation District of Jefferson County shall
continue in office until a successor is elected and qualified.
(b) Port commissioners of the Port of Port Arthur Navigation
District of Jefferson County shall serve six-year terms of office
beginning with terms of port commissioners elected at the election
held in 2013, in accordance with Sections 9(a) and (c), Chapter 197,
Acts of the 58th Legislature, Regular Session, 1963, as amended by
this Act.
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. Except as provided by Section 2(b) of this Act,
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, 2011.