82R10332 NAJ-F By: Uresti S.B. No. 1493 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the qualifications of directors of a defense base management authority. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 375.306(h), Local Government Code, is amended to read as follows: (h) Sections 375.061, 375.063, 375.066, and 375.068 and the limitations of Section 375.072(c) do not apply to this subchapter. SECTION 2. Section 375.307(a), Local Government Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), to be qualified to serve as a director [a majority of the directors] of an authority, a person must: (1) reside in the authority; or (2) own property in the authority [meet the qualifications of Section 375.063]. SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only to a director appointed on or after the effective date of this Act. A director appointed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the director was appointed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. 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.