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1		-	H.B. No. 4695
	1	+	By: Deshotel (Senate Sponsor - Creighton) H.B. No. 4695
	2	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 7, 2019;
	3	+	May 10, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on
	4	+	Transportation; May 10, 2019, rereferred to Select Committee on
	5	+	Texas Ports; May 14, 2019, reported favorably by the following
	6	+	vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 14, 2019, sent to printer.)
	7	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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	10	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	11		AN ACT
5	12		relating to the administration of the Port of Port Arthur
6	13		Navigation District of Jefferson County, including the authority to
7	14		impose taxes.
8	15		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	16		SECTION 1. Section 11, Chapter 197, Acts of the 58th
10	17		Legislature, Regular Session, 1963, is amended to read as follows:
11	18		Sec. 11. Each commissioner shall receive for performing
12	19		duties as a commissioner compensation and benefits set by the Board
13	20		of Port Commissioners plus actual traveling expenses. The Board of
14	21		Port Commissioners shall set the compensation and benefits of the
15	22		secretary, general manager, attorneys, engineers, and all other
16	23		employees, and said board shall set and determine the term and time
17	24		of employment of all officers and employees of the district;
18	25		provided that all officers and employees of the district, except
19	26		the commissioners themselves, shall hold their offices subject to
20	27		the will of the Board of Port Commissioners.
21	28		SECTION 2. Section 23, Chapter 197, Acts of the 58th
22	29		Legislature, Regular Session, 1963, is amended to read as follows:
23	30		Sec. 23. The [Commissioners Court of Jefferson County,
24	31		Texas, shall, upon requisition of the] Board of Port Commissioners
25	32		shall impose[, levy] taxes necessary to pay the interest on the
26	33		bonded debt and to create a sinking fund to retire the principal
27	34		thereof, as well as a maintenance tax for said district within the
28	35		limitations prescribed by this Act. In all matters pertaining to
29	36		the imposition [levying and assessing] of taxes[, the equalization
30	37		thereof, and the collection of same,] and the duties of all officers
31	38		in connection therewith, the laws of the State of Texas for the
32	39		imposition [assessing, levying and collecting] of [state and
33	40		county] taxes shall apply, and such duties shall be done and
34	41		performed by the officers charged with imposing [the collection of
35	42		state and county] taxes. Said taxes shall be deposited with the
36	43		depository or depositories of said district at the times and in the
37	44		manner provided by law for depositing county taxes in the county
38	45		depository, and such officers shall furnish such bonds and receive
39	46		such compensation for their services as is now being paid for like
40	47		services, and said district shall have a lien upon all property
41	48		against which taxes may be levied and assessed, enforceable under
42	49		the same law and in the same manner as a lien securing state and
43	50		county taxes. Limitation shall not run against the district as a
44	51		bar to the collection of any taxes or other public charges of the
45	52		district.
46	53		SECTION 3. (a) The following actions of the Port of Port
47	54		Arthur Navigation District are validated and confirmed in all
48	55		respects as if the actions had been done as authorized by law:
49	56		(1) all acts and proceedings of the district taken
50	57		before the effective date of this Act; and
51	58		(2) the issuance of any bonds or the imposition of
52	59		taxes, including maintenance and operations taxes, in furtherance
53	60		of any bonds issued by the district.
54	61		(b) A governmental act or proceeding of the district
55	62		occurring after an act or proceeding validated by this Act may not
56	63		be held invalid on the ground that the prior act or proceeding, in
57	64		the absence of this Act, was invalid.
58	65		(c) This section does not apply to any matter that on the
59	66		effective date of this Act:
60	67		(1) is involved in litigation if the litigation
61	68		ultimately results in the matter being held invalid by a final
62	69		judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction; or
63	70		(2) has been held invalid by a final judgment of a
64	71		court of competent jurisdiction.
65	72		SECTION 4. (a) The legal notice of the intention to
66	73		introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
67	74		Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
68	75		copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
69	76		officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
70	77		under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
71	78		Government Code.
72	79		(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has
73	80		submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
74	81		Environmental Quality.
75	82		(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
76	83		its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the
77	84		lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
78	85		representatives within the required time.
79	86		(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
80	87		state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
81	88		to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
82	89		and accomplished.
83	90		SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
84	91		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
85	92		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
86	93		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
87	94		Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
88		-	______________________________ ______________________________
89		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
90		-	I certify that H.B. No. 4695 was passed by the House on May 7,
91		-	2019, by the following vote: Yeas 117, Nays 30, 1 present, not
92		-	voting.
93		-	______________________________
94		-	Chief Clerk of the House
95		-	I certify that H.B. No. 4695 was passed by the Senate on May
96		-	21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2.
97		-	______________________________
98		-	Secretary of the Senate
99		-	APPROVED: _____________________
100		-	Date
101		-	_____________________
102		-	Governor
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