| 1 | 1 | | By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 2071 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to the composition of the port commission of the Port of |
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| 7 | 7 | | Corpus Christi Authority of Nueces County, Texas. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 1A, Chapter 397, Acts of the 68th |
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| 10 | 10 | | Legislature, Regular Session, 1983, as added by Chapter 498, Acts |
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| 11 | 11 | | of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, is amended to read |
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| 12 | 12 | | as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | Sec. 1A. COMPOSITION OF PORT COMMISSION. The port |
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| 14 | 14 | | commission is composed of nine [seven] port commissioners members]. |
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| 15 | 15 | | SECTION 2. Section 2(a), Chapter 397, Acts of the 68th |
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| 16 | 16 | | Legislature, Regular Session, 1983, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (a) Port commissioners are appointed as follows: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (1) the commissioners court [The Commissioners Court] |
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| 19 | 19 | | of Nueces County shall appoint three port commissioners; |
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| 20 | 20 | | (2) the city council of the City of Corpus Christi |
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| 21 | 21 | | shall appoint three port commissioners; and |
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| 22 | 22 | | (3) the commissioners court of San Patricio County |
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| 23 | 23 | | shall appoint three port commissioners, two of whom serve as |
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| 24 | 24 | | non-voting commissioners in an advisory capacity only [four members |
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| 25 | 25 | | to the port commission, and the City Council of Corpus Christi shall |
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| 26 | 26 | | appoint three members to the port commission]. |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 3. Sections 1, 2, 3, and 4, Chapter 1334, Acts of |
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| 28 | 28 | | the 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, are repealed. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 4. Not later than one year after the effective date |
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| 30 | 30 | | of this Act, the commissioners court of San Patricio County shall |
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| 31 | 31 | | appoint two port commissioners to the port commission of the Port of |
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| 32 | 32 | | Corpus Christi Authority of Nueces County, Texas, as provided by |
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| 33 | 33 | | Section 2(a), Chapter 397, Acts of the 68th Legislature, Regular |
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| 34 | 34 | | Session, 1983, as amended by this Act, to serve terms that expire on |
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| 35 | 35 | | dates that preserve the required staggering of terms. |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 5. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails |
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| 37 | 37 | | over another Act of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, |
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| 38 | 38 | | relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted |
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| 39 | 39 | | codes. |
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| 40 | 40 | | SECTION 6. (a) The legal notice of the intention to |
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| 41 | 41 | | introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this |
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| 42 | 42 | | Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a |
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| 43 | 43 | | copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies, |
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| 44 | 44 | | officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished |
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| 45 | 45 | | under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313, |
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| 46 | 46 | | Government Code. |
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| 47 | 47 | | (b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has |
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| 48 | 48 | | submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on |
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| 49 | 49 | | Environmental Quality. |
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| 50 | 50 | | (c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed |
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| 51 | 51 | | its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the |
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| 52 | 52 | | lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of |
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| 53 | 53 | | representatives within the required time. |
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| 54 | 54 | | (d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this |
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| 55 | 55 | | state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect |
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| 56 | 56 | | to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled |
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| 57 | 57 | | and accomplished. |
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| 58 | 58 | | SECTION 7. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 59 | 59 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 60 | 60 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 61 | 61 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 62 | 62 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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