Bill Text: TX HB1688 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the board of the Lubbock Reese Development Authority.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-05-08 - Laid on the table subject to call [HB1688 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB1688-Introduced.html

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83R8406 JXC-F
By: Frullo H.B. No. 1688

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the board of the Lubbock Reese Development Authority.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 3501.051(a), Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a) The board is composed of:
(1) five directors appointed by the governing body of
the City of Lubbock from a list of persons recommended by the board
under this section;
(2) one director appointed by the commissioners court
of Lubbock County from a list of persons recommended by the board
under this section; and
(3) the executive director of [one director appointed
by] the South Plains Association of Governments.
SECTION 2. Section 3501.052, Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended by amending Subsections (a) and (c) and adding
Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(a) A director serves a term of four years. [A director
appointed to fill a vacancy for an unexpired term shall serve for
the remainder of that term only.]
(c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), a [A] director may
be appointed as the director's own successor for not more than one
term.
(d) A director appointed to fill a vacancy for an unexpired
term shall serve for the remainder of that term and may be appointed
as the director's own successor for not more than two terms.
SECTION 3. 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, 2013.