By: Gallegos S.B. No. 1251
(Alvarado)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the board of directors of the Greater East End
Management District.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsections (a) and (b), Section 3807.052,
Special District Local Laws Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) The mayor and members of the governing body of the City
of Houston shall appoint directors from persons recommended by:
(1) the board; and
(2) the state senator and state representative who
represent the largest area of the district as of April 1, 2010.
[Notwithstanding Subchapter D, Chapter 375, Local Government Code,
to be qualified to serve as director, a person must be at least 18
years of age and:
[(1) be a resident of the district; or
[(2) have a district business interest.]
(b) Appointments to the board must ensure that[:
[(1)] at least one-third [60 percent] of the directors
are residents of the district[; and
[(2) each director who does not reside in the district
has a district business interest].
SECTION 2. Subsection (c), Section 3807.052, Special
District Local Laws Code, is repealed.
SECTION 3. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies
only to a person appointed to the board of directors of the Greater
East End Management District on or after the effective date of this
Act.
(b) The change in law made by this Act does not affect the
right of a person appointed to the board of directors of the Greater
East End Management District before the effective date of this Act
to continue to serve on the board until the person's term expires.
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, 2011.