Bill Text: TX HB5006 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to recommendations for the appointment of directors of the San Jacinto River Authority.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2025-04-03 - Referred to Natural Resources [HB5006 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB5006-Introduced.html
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| By: Metcalf | H.B. No. 5006 | |
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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 seven 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 four years. | ||
| (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 Governor shall designate a Director as the President | ||
| of the Board to serve in that capacity at the pleasure of the | ||
| Governor. The Board of Directors shall organize by electing one of | ||
| its members Vice-President, one Secretary, and one Treasurer. Four | ||
| (4) members, including the President, 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, 2025. | ||
