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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to a limitation on the number of terms a person may serve |
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| 10 | 10 | | as a commissioner of Port Freeport. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. The heading to Section 5002.053, Special |
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| 13 | 13 | | District Local Laws Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | Sec. 5002.053. ELECTION BY POSITION; QUALIFICATIONS; TERM |
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| 15 | 15 | | LIMITS. |
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| 16 | 16 | | SECTION 2. Section 5002.053, Special District Local Laws |
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| 17 | 17 | | Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (c) To be eligible to be elected as a commissioner, a person |
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| 19 | 19 | | may not have previously served two or more full terms as a |
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| 20 | 20 | | commissioner. The completion of the remainder of an unexpired term |
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| 21 | 21 | | by a person elected or appointed to fill a vacancy does not |
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| 22 | 22 | | constitute service for a full term for purposes of this subsection. |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 3. Section 5002.053(c), Special District Local Laws |
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| 24 | 24 | | Code, as added by this Act, does not apply to a term of office that |
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| 25 | 25 | | began before the effective date of this Act. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 4. (a) The legal notice of the intention to |
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| 27 | 27 | | introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this |
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| 28 | 28 | | Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a |
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| 29 | 29 | | copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies, |
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| 30 | 30 | | officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished |
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| 31 | 31 | | under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313, |
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| 32 | 32 | | Government Code. |
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| 33 | 33 | | (b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has |
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| 34 | 34 | | submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on |
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| 35 | 35 | | Environmental Quality. |
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| 36 | 36 | | (c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed |
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| 37 | 37 | | its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the |
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| 38 | 38 | | lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of |
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| 39 | 39 | | representatives within the required time. |
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| 40 | 40 | | (d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this |
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| 41 | 41 | | state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect |
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| 42 | 42 | | to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled |
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| 43 | 43 | | and accomplished. |
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| 44 | 44 | | SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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