S.B. No. 1493
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the directors of a defense base management authority
  and to a study on the effectiveness of the authority.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subsections (a), (b), (c), and (h), Section
  375.306, Local Government Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The board consists of 11 [15] directors.
         (b)  The municipality shall appoint four [six] members of the
  board.
         (c)  The county in which the municipality is primarily
  located shall appoint four [six] members of the board.
         (h)  Sections 375.061, 375.063, 375.066, and 375.068 and the
  limitations of Section 375.072(c) do not apply to this subchapter.
         SECTION 2.  Section 375.307, Local Government Code, is
  amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to
  read as follows:
         (a)  At least three directors appointed by the municipality
  and at least three directors appointed by the county must:
               (1)  reside in the authority; or
               (2)  own property in the authority [Except as provided
  by Subsection (b), a majority of the directors of an authority must
  meet the qualifications of Section 375.063].
         (c)  To be qualified to serve as a director appointed by the
  municipality or the county, a person who does not meet the
  qualifications of Subsection (a) must be:
               (1)  an owner of stock, whether beneficial or
  otherwise, of a corporate owner of property in the authority;
               (2)  an owner of a beneficial interest in a trust that
  owns property in the authority; or
               (3)  an agent, employee, or tenant of a person who:
                     (A)  owns property in the authority; or
                     (B)  is covered by Subdivision (1) or (2).
         SECTION 3.  Subchapter O, Chapter 375, Local Government
  Code, is amended by adding Section 375.315 to read as follows:
         Sec. 375.315.  EFFECTIVENESS STUDY; REPORT.  (a)  The board
  of an authority shall study the effectiveness of the authority.
         (b)  Not later than December 31 of each even-numbered year,
  the board of an authority shall report to the legislature on the
  effectiveness of the authority.  The report must:
               (1)  compare utility and infrastructure development
  in:
                     (A)  the authority since the authority's
  creation; and
                     (B)  areas in the municipality that created the
  authority that are not in the authority;
               (2)  identify methods for improving residential,
  commercial, and industrial development in the authority;
               (3)  identify limitations and impediments to
  development in the authority;
               (4)  identify methods to improve the authority's
  accountability to property owners in the authority; and
               (5)  identify any competitive advantage opportunities
  of the authority.
         SECTION 4.  (a)  The change in law made by this Act applies
  only to a director appointed on or after the effective date of this
  Act. A director appointed before the effective date of this Act is
  governed by the law in effect on the date the director was
  appointed, and the former law is continued in effect for that
  purpose.
         (b)  A director appointed by a municipality or county under
  Section 375.306, Local Government Code, as it existed immediately
  before the effective date of this Act, continues to serve until the
  director's term expires.  Until the number of directors appointed
  by the municipality or county is four for that entity, on expiration
  of the term of each director appointed by the entity, the director's
  position is abolished.
         (c)  A municipality or county may not appoint a director
  under Section 375.306, Local Government Code, as amended by this
  Act, until the number of directors appointed by the municipality or
  county, after existing terms expire and positions are abolished, is
  four or fewer directors for that entity.  An initial appointment by
  a municipality or county under Section 375.306, Local Government
  Code, as amended by this Act, to replace a director whose term
  expires but whose position is not abolished may be limited to one
  year to achieve staggering of terms under Subsection (e), Section
  375.306, Local Government Code.
         SECTION 5.  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, 2011.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1493 passed the Senate on
  May 11, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1493 passed the House on
  May 23, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 142, Nays 0, one
  present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor