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By: Gallegos |
S.B. No. 1251 |
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(In the Senate - Filed March 7, 2011; March 16, 2011, read |
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first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental |
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Relations; April 4, 2011, reported adversely, with favorable |
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Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; |
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April 4, 2011, sent to printer.) |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1251 |
By: Gallegos |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the board of directors of the Greater East End |
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Management District. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsections (a) and (b), Section 3807.052, |
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Special District Local Laws Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The mayor and members of the governing body of the City |
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of Houston shall appoint directors from persons recommended by: |
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(1) the board; and |
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(2) the state senator and state representative who |
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represent the largest area of the district as of April 1, 2010. |
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[Notwithstanding Subchapter D, Chapter 375, Local Government Code,
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to be qualified to serve as director, a person must be at least 18
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years of age and:
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[(1) be a resident of the district; or
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[(2) have a district business interest.] |
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(b) Appointments to the board must ensure that[:
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[(1)] at least one-third [60 percent] of the directors |
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are residents of the district[; and
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[(2)
each director who does not reside in the district
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has a district business interest]. |
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SECTION 2. Subsection (c), Section 3807.052, Special |
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District Local Laws Code, is repealed. |
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SECTION 3. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies |
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only to a person appointed to the board of directors of the Greater |
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East End Management District on or after the effective date of this |
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Act. |
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(b) The change in law made by this Act does not affect the |
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right of a person appointed to the board of directors of the Greater |
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East End Management District before the effective date of this Act |
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to continue to serve on the board until the person's term expires. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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