S.B. No. 683
AN ACT
relating to the composition of the board of directors of the Gulf
Coast Water Authority.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 5 and 5(a), Chapter 712, Acts of the
59th Legislature, Regular Session, 1965, are amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 5. The management and control of the District is hereby
vested in a Board of nine [seven (7)] directors. The seven
directors appointed by the Commissioners Court of Galveston County
shall represent the geographic and ethnic diversity of the county.
Vacancies on the Board of Directors, whether by death, resignation
or termination of the term of office, shall be filled by appointment
by the commissioners court that appointed the director
[Commissioners Court of Galveston County]. All terms of office
shall be for a period of two (2) years. Terms shall be staggered [so
that the terms of three (3) directors expire one year and the terms
of four (4) directors expire the next year]. Three (3) of the
members appointed by the Commissioners Court of Galveston County
shall be registered professional engineers under the laws of Texas.
Sec. 5(a). One (1) director of the District shall be
appointed by the Commissioners Court of Galveston County upon the
recommendation of the City Council of the City of Galveston. Six of
the remaining [The remaining six (6)] directors shall be appointed
by the Commissioners Court of Galveston County with two directors
appointed at-large and the remaining four of those directors
appointed on the written recommendation of advisory committees
appointed by the Board of Directors of the Gulf Coast Water
Authority. Two of those directors shall be recommended by the
Mainland Municipal Advisory Committee and two of those directors
shall be recommended by the Industrial Advisory Committee. The
Commissioners Court of Galveston County is entitled to accept or
reject the recommendations made to the court by the advisory
committees. If a recommendation made by an advisory committee is
rejected, the advisory committee shall submit additional
recommendations to the court.
The Industrial Advisory Committee is composed of one
representative of each industrial customer of the Gulf Coast Water
Authority. The Mainland Municipal Advisory Committee is composed
of one representative of each municipal or water district customer
of the Gulf Coast Water Authority that contracts for [uses] not less
than 2 million gallons of water a day. The names of the
representatives of each of the committees shall be submitted to the
Board of Directors of the Gulf Coast Water Authority by the
respective industrial and municipal or water district customers.
The directors of the Gulf Coast Water Authority shall submit the
names of the advisory committee members to the Commissioners Court
of Galveston County, which shall record the names in the minutes of
the court.
One director shall be appointed by the Commissioners Court of
Fort Bend County to represent District customers in that county.
The director must be recommended by one or more of those customers
and reside in that county.
One director shall be appointed by the Commissioners Court of
Brazoria County to represent District customers in that county.
The director must be recommended by one or more of those customers
and reside in that county.
SECTION 2. (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 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,
lieutenant governor, and 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 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, 2011.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 683 passed the Senate on
March 31, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that
the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 26, 2011, by the
following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 683 passed the House, with
amendment, on May 18, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 124,
Nays 2, four present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor