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| 2 | 2 | | By: Metcalf H.B. No. 33 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to recommendations for the appointment of directors of the |
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| 8 | 8 | | San Jacinto River Authority. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 6, Chapter 426, Acts of the 45th |
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| 11 | 11 | | Legislature, Regular Session, 1937, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 6. (a) The management and control of all the affairs of |
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| 13 | 13 | | said District shall be vested in, and the powers, rights, |
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| 14 | 14 | | privileges, and functions of the District shall be exercised by a |
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| 15 | 15 | | Board of Directors consisting of six (6) members, all of whom shall |
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| 16 | 16 | | be freehold property taxpayers and legal voters of the State of |
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| 17 | 17 | | Texas and four (4) of whom shall be residents of a county wholly |
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| 18 | 18 | | encompassed by the District. Members of such Board of Directors |
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| 19 | 19 | | shall be appointed by the Governor for terms of six (6) years. |
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| 20 | 20 | | [Provided, the present Board of six (6) directors of said District, |
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| 21 | 21 | | appointed by the State Board of Water Engineers under authority of |
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| 22 | 22 | | House Bill No. 1094, Chapter 613, Acts of the Regular Session of the |
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| 23 | 23 | | Forty-seventh Legislature, amending Section 6 of Chapter 426, Acts |
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| 24 | 24 | | of the Regular Session of the Forty-fifth Legislature, as amended |
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| 25 | 25 | | by House Bill No. 828, Chapter 480, Acts of the Regular Session of |
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| 26 | 26 | | the Forty-seventh Legislature, for terms of two (2), four (4), and |
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| 27 | 27 | | six (6) years, shall continue to serve as such until the expiration |
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| 28 | 28 | | of the respective terms for which they were appointed. Upon the |
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| 29 | 29 | | expiration of the terms for which the present members of the Board |
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| 30 | 30 | | of Directors were appointed, the successors of each and all of them |
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| 31 | 31 | | shall be appointed by the Governor for a term of six (6) years.] |
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| 32 | 32 | | (b) A commissioners court of a county wholly located in the |
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| 33 | 33 | | district may make two recommendations to the governor for the |
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| 34 | 34 | | appointment of a person to the board of directors of the authority. |
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| 35 | 35 | | A commissioners court of a county partially located in the district |
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| 36 | 36 | | may make one recommendation to the governor for the appointment of a |
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| 37 | 37 | | person to the board of directors of the authority. The |
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| 38 | 38 | | commissioners court of the county making a recommendation under |
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| 39 | 39 | | this subsection must approve each recommendation by a majority |
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| 40 | 40 | | vote. After reviewing the recommendations, the governor may |
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| 41 | 41 | | appoint or not appoint the person recommended by the commissioners |
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| 42 | 42 | | court. |
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| 43 | 43 | | (c) The Directors shall hold office after their appointment |
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| 44 | 44 | | and qualification until their successors shall be appointed and |
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| 45 | 45 | | qualified. Should any vacancy occur in the Board of Directors, the |
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| 46 | 46 | | same shall be filled in like manner by the Governor for the |
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| 47 | 47 | | unexpired term. The Directors appointed shall, within thirty (30) |
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| 48 | 48 | | days after their appointment, qualify by taking the official oath |
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| 49 | 49 | | required of County Commissioners, and shall execute bond in the sum |
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| 50 | 50 | | of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000) payable to the District, the |
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| 51 | 51 | | sufficiency of which bond shall be determined by the Governor, |
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| 52 | 52 | | which bonds after being recorded in the official bond records of the |
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| 53 | 53 | | county in which the District maintains its office shall be |
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| 54 | 54 | | deposited with the depository selected and approved for the deposit |
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| 55 | 55 | | of the funds of the District. |
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| 56 | 56 | | (d) The Board of Directors shall organize by electing one of |
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| 57 | 57 | | its members President, one Vice-President, one Secretary, and one |
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| 58 | 58 | | Treasurer. Four (4) members, including the presiding officer, |
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| 59 | 59 | | shall constitute a quorum to transact business. The President |
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| 60 | 60 | | shall preside at all meetings of the Board and shall be the chief |
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| 61 | 61 | | executive officer of the District. The Vice-President shall act as |
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| 62 | 62 | | President in case of the absence or disability of the President. |
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| 63 | 63 | | The Secretary shall act as Secretary of the Board and shall be |
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| 64 | 64 | | charged with the duty of keeping a record of all proceedings and all |
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| 65 | 65 | | orders of the Board. The Treasurer shall receive and receipt for |
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| 66 | 66 | | all moneys received by the District and shall keep books and records |
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| 67 | 67 | | of all moneys received and expended. In case of the absence or |
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| 68 | 68 | | inability of the Secretary to act, a Secretary pro tem shall be |
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| 69 | 69 | | selected by the Directors. |
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| 70 | 70 | | (e) The domicile of the District shall be in the City of |
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| 71 | 71 | | Conroe, in the County of Montgomery, Texas, where the District |
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| 72 | 72 | | shall maintain its principal office. The Board of Directors shall |
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| 73 | 73 | | have authority to fix the time, place and number of meetings of such |
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| 74 | 74 | | Board by proper resolutions, regulations and bylaws passed by said |
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| 75 | 75 | | Board. Said Board shall cause to be kept complete and accurate |
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| 76 | 76 | | accounts conforming to approved methods of bookkeeping. Said |
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| 77 | 77 | | accounts and all contracts, documents, and records of the District |
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| 78 | 78 | | shall be kept at said principal office, and same shall be open to |
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| 79 | 79 | | public inspection at all reasonable times. |
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| 80 | 80 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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