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1	1		By: Kolkhorst S.B. No. 1733
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	2	+	(In the Senate - Filed February 27, 2025; March 13, 2025,
	3	+	read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation;
	4	+	March 27, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
	5	+	Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; March 27, 2025,
	6	+	sent to printer.)
	7	+	Click here to see the committee vote
	8	+	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1733 By: Hinojosa of Hidalgo
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6	11		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
7	12		AN ACT
8	13		relating to the composition of the board of the Calhoun Port
9	14		Authority.
10	15		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	16		SECTION 1. Section 5003.051, Special District Local Laws
12	17		Code, is amended to read as follows:
13	18		Sec. 5003.051. BOARD OF NAVIGATION COMMISSIONERS. The port
14	19		authority is governed by a board of seven [six] commissioners.
15	20		SECTION 2. Section 5003.053, Special District Local Laws
16	21		Code, is amended to read as follows:
17	22		Sec. 5003.053. ELECTION; TERMS. (a) One commissioner is
18	23		elected by the voters of the entire port authority. One
19	24		commissioner is elected from each of the six navigation
20	25		commissioner precincts as described by Section 5003.052.
21	26		(b) The [six] commissioners who represent the six precincts
22	27		who are elected at the first election after a division of the port
23	28		authority into new precincts under Section 5003.052 shall draw lots
24	29		after the election to select three commissioners to serve two-year
25	30		terms and three commissioners to serve four-year terms. Successor
26	31		commissioners serve terms as provided by Subsection (c) [(b)].
27	32		(c) [(b)] Except as provided by Subsection (b) [(a)],
28	33		commissioners are elected for staggered four-year terms at
29	34		elections held each odd-numbered year on the uniform election date
30	35		in May.
31	36		SECTION 3. Section 5003.054(b), Special District Local Laws
32	37		Code, is amended to read as follows:
33	38		(b) The application must include an affidavit made by the
34	39		applicant under oath disclosing that the applicant is:
35	40		(1) a bona fide resident of:
36	41		(A) if the applicant seeks to represent a
37	42		precinct, the precinct that the person seeks to represent; or
38	43		(B) if the applicant seeks to represent the port
39	44		authority at large, the port authority; and
40	45		(2) a qualified voter who owns real property in the
41	46		area.
42	47		SECTION 4. (a) The Calhoun Port Authority shall hold the
43	48		first election to elect an at-large commissioner, as provided by
44	49		Section 5003.053, Special District Local Laws Code, as amended by
45	50		this Act, on the uniform election date in May 2027.
46	51		(b) Not later than the 30th day after the effective date of
47	52		this Act, the governor shall appoint an at-large commissioner to
48	53		the board of the Calhoun Port Authority to serve a term that expires
49	54		on the date that the candidate elected to the office of the at-large
50	55		commissioner in May 2027 qualifies to serve. The person appointed
51	56		by the governor must meet the qualifications provided by Section
52	57		5003.054(b), Special District Local Laws Code, as amended by this
53	58		Act.
54	59		SECTION 5. (a) The legal notice of the intention to
55	60		introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
56	61		Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
57	62		copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
58	63		officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
59	64		under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
60	65		Government Code.
61	66		(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has
62	67		submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
63	68		Environmental Quality.
64	69		(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
65	70		its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the
66	71		lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
67	72		representatives within the required time.
68	73		(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
69	74		state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
70	75		to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
71	76		and accomplished.
72	77		SECTION 6. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
73	78		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
74	79		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
75	80		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
76	81		Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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