88R7489 ANG-D
By: Lozano H.B. No. 3319
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the composition of the port commission of the Port of
Corpus Christi Authority of Nueces County, Texas.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 5016.0051, Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 5016.0051. COMPOSITION OF PORT COMMISSION. The port
commission is composed of nine [seven] port commissioners.
SECTION 2. Section 5016.0052(a), Special District Local
Laws Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a) Port commissioners are appointed as follows:
(1) the Commissioners Court of Nueces County shall
appoint three port commissioners;
(2) the city council of the City of Corpus Christi
shall appoint three port commissioners; and
(3) the Commissioners Court of San Patricio County
shall appoint three [one] port commissioners [commissioner].
SECTION 3. Not later than January 1, 2024, the
Commissioners Court of San Patricio County shall appoint two port
commissioners to the port commission of the Port of Corpus Christi
Authority of Nueces County, Texas, as provided by Section
5016.0052(a), Special District Local Laws Code, as amended by this
Act, to serve terms that expire on dates that preserve the required
staggering of terms.
SECTION 4. (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, one of the required recipients, 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, the
lieutenant governor, and the 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 5. 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, 2023.