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