Bill Text: TX HB623 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the board of pilot commissioners for the ports of Galveston County.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-14 - Referred to Transportation [HB623 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB623-Introduced.html

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83R2248 AJZ-F
By: Eiland H.B. No. 623

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the board of pilot commissioners for the ports of
Galveston County.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 67.011, Transportation Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 67.011. BOARD. The board of pilot commissioners for
the ports of Galveston County is composed of:
(1) four [five] commissioners from Galveston County
appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate;
and
(2) the chair of the Board of Trustees of the Galveston
Wharves, or a member of the Board of Trustees of the Galveston
Wharves designated by the chair.
SECTION 2. Section 67.012, Transportation Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 67.012. PROHIBITED INTEREST. (a) A person may not be
a member of the board if the person has a conflict of interest that
affects [or a direct or indirect interest in any business affected
by or connected with] the performance of the person's duties as a
pilot commissioner.
(b) Serving on both the Board of Trustees of the Galveston
Wharves and the board of pilot commissioners for the ports of
Galveston County is not a conflict of interest under this section.
SECTION 3. Section 67.014, Transportation Code, is amended
by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
follows:
(a) Board members appointed by the governor serve staggered
four-year terms of office.
(c) A board member described by Section 67.011(2) serves a
term of office that coincides with the member's term on the Board of
Trustees of the Galveston Wharves.
SECTION 4. (a) The changes in law made by this Act in the
qualifications of members of the board of pilot commissioners for
the ports of Galveston County do not affect the entitlement of a
member serving on the board immediately before the effective date
of this Act to continue to carry out the board's functions for the
remainder of the member's term.
(b) The term of a member of the board of pilot commissioners
for the ports of Galveston County described by Section 67.011(2),
Transportation Code, as added by this Act, begins on the date the
first vacancy occurs after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.