Bill Text: TX HB1729 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a limitation on the number of terms a person may serve as a commissioner of Port Freeport.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-16 - Transmitted to the Governor [HB1729 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB1729-Introduced.html
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| By: Vasut | H.B. No. 1729 | |
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| relating to a limitation on the number of terms a person may serve | ||
| as a commissioner of Port Freeport. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. The heading to Section 5002.053, Special | ||
| District Local Laws Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 5002.053. ELECTION BY POSITION; QUALIFICATIONS; TERM | ||
| LIMITS. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 5002.053, Special District Local Laws | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
| (c) To be eligible to be elected as a commissioner, a person | ||
| may not have previously served two or more full terms as a | ||
| commissioner. The completion of the remainder of an unexpired term | ||
| by a person elected or appointed to fill a vacancy does not | ||
| constitute service for a full term for purposes of this subsection. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 5002.053(c), Special District Local Laws | ||
| Code, as added by this Act, does not apply to a term of office that | ||
| began before the effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 4. (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 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
