S.B. No. 2480
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the board of navigation and canal commissioners of the
  Matagorda County Navigation District No. 1.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subtitle A, Title 5, Special District Local Laws
  Code, is amended by adding Chapter 5006 to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 5006. MATAGORDA COUNTY NAVIGATION DISTRICT NO. 1
  SUBCHAPTER A.  GENERAL PROVISIONS
         Sec. 5006.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:
               (1)  "Board" means the board of navigation and canal
  commissioners of the district.
               (2)  "Commissioner" means a member of the board.
               (3)  "District" means the Matagorda County Navigation
  District No. 1.
  [Sections 5006.002-5006.050 reserved for expansion]
  SUBCHAPTER B.  DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION
         Sec. 5006.051.  BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS; TERM; ELECTION.
  (a)  The district is governed by a board consisting of five
  commissioners elected at large.
         (b)  Commissioners serve staggered six-year terms, with the
  terms of one or two commissioners expiring on November 30 of each
  even-numbered year.
         (c)  An election shall be held in the district every two
  years on the uniform election date in November to elect one or two
  commissioners.
         SECTION 2.  (a)  Notwithstanding Section 5006.051, Special
  District Local Laws Code, as added by this Act, on the uniform
  election date in November 2010, the board of navigation and canal
  commissioners of the Matagorda County Navigation District No. 1
  shall hold an election to elect:
               (1)  one commissioner to serve a term expiring
  November 30, 2014; and
               (2)  two commissioners to serve terms expiring
  November 30, 2016.
         (b)  On the uniform election date in November of each
  even-numbered year after 2010, the board of navigation and canal
  commissioners of the Matagorda County Navigation District No. 1
  shall hold an election to elect the appropriate number of
  commissioners to serve six-year terms.
         SECTION 3.  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, 2009.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2480 passed the Senate on
  April 23, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2480 passed the House on
  May 25, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 139, Nays 0, two
  present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor