Bill Text: TX HB33 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to recommendations for the appointment of directors of the San Jacinto River Authority.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-23 - Recommendations filed with the Speaker [HB33 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB33-Introduced.html
86R93 GRM-D | ||
By: Metcalf | H.B. No. 33 |
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relating to recommendations for the appointment of directors of the | ||
San Jacinto River Authority. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 6, Chapter 426, Acts of the 45th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 1937, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 6. (a) The management and control of all the affairs of | ||
said District shall be vested in, and the powers, rights, | ||
privileges, and functions of the District shall be exercised by a | ||
Board of Directors consisting of six (6) members, all of whom shall | ||
be freehold property taxpayers and legal voters of the State of | ||
Texas and four (4) of whom shall be residents of a county wholly | ||
encompassed by the District. Members of such Board of Directors | ||
shall be appointed by the Governor for terms of six (6) years. | ||
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(b) A commissioners court of a county wholly located in the | ||
district may make two recommendations to the governor for the | ||
appointment of a person to the board of directors of the authority. | ||
A commissioners court of a county partially located in the district | ||
may make one recommendation to the governor for the appointment of a | ||
person to the board of directors of the authority. The | ||
commissioners court of the county making a recommendation under | ||
this subsection must approve each recommendation by a majority | ||
vote. After reviewing the recommendations, the governor may | ||
appoint or not appoint the person recommended by the commissioners | ||
court. | ||
(c) The Directors shall hold office after their appointment | ||
and qualification until their successors shall be appointed and | ||
qualified. Should any vacancy occur in the Board of Directors, the | ||
same shall be filled in like manner by the Governor for the | ||
unexpired term. The Directors appointed shall, within thirty (30) | ||
days after their appointment, qualify by taking the official oath | ||
required of County Commissioners, and shall execute bond in the sum | ||
of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000) payable to the District, the | ||
sufficiency of which bond shall be determined by the Governor, | ||
which bonds after being recorded in the official bond records of the | ||
county in which the District maintains its office shall be | ||
deposited with the depository selected and approved for the deposit | ||
of the funds of the District. | ||
(d) The Board of Directors shall organize by electing one of | ||
its members President, one Vice-President, one Secretary, and one | ||
Treasurer. Four (4) members, including the presiding officer, | ||
shall constitute a quorum to transact business. The President | ||
shall preside at all meetings of the Board and shall be the chief | ||
executive officer of the District. The Vice-President shall act as | ||
President in case of the absence or disability of the President. | ||
The Secretary shall act as Secretary of the Board and shall be | ||
charged with the duty of keeping a record of all proceedings and all | ||
orders of the Board. The Treasurer shall receive and receipt for | ||
all moneys received by the District and shall keep books and records | ||
of all moneys received and expended. In case of the absence or | ||
inability of the Secretary to act, a Secretary pro tem shall be | ||
selected by the Directors. | ||
(e) The domicile of the District shall be in the City of | ||
Conroe, in the County of Montgomery, Texas, where the District | ||
shall maintain its principal office. The Board of Directors shall | ||
have authority to fix the time, place and number of meetings of such | ||
Board by proper resolutions, regulations and bylaws passed by said | ||
Board. Said Board shall cause to be kept complete and accurate | ||
accounts conforming to approved methods of bookkeeping. Said | ||
accounts and all contracts, documents, and records of the District | ||
shall be kept at said principal office, and same shall be open to | ||
public inspection at all reasonable times. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |