Bill Text: TX SB1425 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to the composition of the port commission of the Port of Corpus Christi Authority of Nueces County, Texas.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-14 - Referred to Transportation [SB1425 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-SB1425-Introduced.html
  86R1329 TSR-D
 
  By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1425
 
 
 
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 1A, Chapter 397, Acts of the 68th
  Legislature, Regular Session, 1983, as added by Chapter 498, Acts
  of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, is amended to read
  as follows:
         Sec. 1A.  COMPOSITION OF PORT COMMISSION. The port
  commission is composed of nine port commissioners [seven members].
         SECTION 2.  Section 2(a), Chapter 397, Acts of the 68th
  Legislature, Regular Session, 1983, is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  Port commissioners are appointed as follows:
               (1)  the commissioners court [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 port commissioners [four members to the port
  commission, and the City Council of Corpus Christi shall appoint
  three members to the port commission].
         SECTION 3.  Sections 1, 2, 3, and 4, Chapter 1334, Acts of
  the 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, are repealed.
         SECTION 4.  Not later than one year after the effective date
  of this Act, 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 2(a), Chapter 397, Acts of the 68th Legislature, Regular
  Session, 1983, as amended by this Act, to serve terms that expire on
  dates that preserve the required staggering of terms.
         SECTION 5.  To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails
  over another Act of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019,
  relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
  codes.
         SECTION 6.  (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 7.  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, 2019.
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