By: Deshotel (Senate Sponsor - Williams) H.B. No. 3471
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 9, 2013;
May 9, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on
Transportation; May 17, 2013, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 7, Nays 1; May 17, 2013, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the compensation 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. Section 11, Chapter 197, Acts of the 58th
Legislature, Regular Session, 1963, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 11. Each commissioner shall receive for performing
duties as a commissioner compensation set by the Board of Port
Commissioners [the sum of $200 per month, except the president who
shall receive $250 per month,] plus actual traveling expenses. The
Board of Port Commissioners [board of commissioners] shall set
[fix] the compensation of the secretary, general manager,
attorneys, engineers, and all other employees, and said board shall
set [fix] and determine the term and time of employment of all
officers and employees of the district; provided that all officers
and employees of the district, except the commissioners themselves,
shall hold their offices subject to the will of the Board of Port
Commissioners.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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