HB3243 - Relating to the composition of the board of the Calhoun Port Authority.

  89R8857 SCR-D     By: Lozano H.B. No. 3243       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the composition of the board of the Calhoun Port   Authority.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 5003.051, Special District Local Laws   Code, is amended to read as follows:          Sec. 5003.051.  BOARD OF NAVIGATION COMMISSIONERS. The port   authority is governed by a board of seven [ six ] commissioners.          SECTION 2.  Section 5003.053, Special District Local Laws   Code, is amended to read as follows:          Sec. 5003.053.  ELECTION; TERMS. (a) One commissioner is   elected by the voters of the entire district.   One commissioner is   elected from each of the six navigation commissioner precincts as   described by Section 5003.052.           (b)   The [ six ] commissioners who represent the six precincts   who are  elected at the first election after a division of the port   authority into new precincts under Section 5003.052 shall draw lots   after the election to select three commissioners to serve two-year   terms and three commissioners to serve four-year terms. Successor   commissioners serve terms as provided by Subsection (c) [ (b) ].           (c)  [ (b) ]  Except as provided by Subsection (b) [ (a) ],   commissioners are elected for staggered four-year terms at   elections held each odd-numbered year on the uniform election date   in May.          SECTION 3.  Section 5003.054(b), Special District Local Laws   Code, is amended to read as follows:          (b)  The application must include an affidavit made by the   applicant under oath disclosing that the applicant is:                (1)  a bona fide resident of :                       (A)     if the applicant seeks to represent a   precinct,  the precinct that the person seeks to represent; or                       (B)     if the applicant seeks to represent the   district at large, Calhoun County; and                (2)  a qualified voter who owns real property in the   area.          SECTION 4.  (a)  The Calhoun Port Authority shall hold the   first election to elect an at-large commissioner, as provided by   Section 5003.053, Special District Local Laws Code, as amended by   this Act, on the uniform election date in May 2027.          (b)  Not later than the 30th day after the effective date of   this Act, the governor shall appoint an at-large commissioner to   the board of the Calhoun Port Authority to serve a term that expires   on the date that the candidate elected to the office of the at-large   commissioner in May 2027 qualifies to serve.  The person appointed   by the governor must meet the qualifications provided by Section   5003.054(b), Special District Local Laws Code, as amended by this   Act.          SECTION 5.  (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 6.  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, 2025.