87R2523 ANG-D
 
  By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1641
 
 
 
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 5016.0052(a), Special District Local
  Laws Code, as effective April 1, 2021, is amended to read as
  follows:
         (a)  Port commissioners are appointed as follows:
               (1)  the commissioners court [Commissioners Court] of
  Nueces County shall appoint two [three] port commissioners;
               (2)  the city council of the City of Corpus Christi
  shall appoint three port commissioners; and
               (3)  the commissioners court [Commissioners Court] of
  San Patricio County shall appoint two [one] port commissioners
  [commissioner].
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act does not
  affect the term of a port commissioner of the port commission of the
  Port of Corpus Christi Authority of Nueces County, Texas, serving
  on the effective date of this Act. Port commissioners appointed to
  fill vacancies occurring on or after the effective date of this Act
  must be appointed in accordance with Section 2(a), Chapter 397,
  Acts of the 68th Legislature, Regular Session, 1983, as amended by
  this Act.
         SECTION 3.  (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 4.  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, 2021.