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House Bill 2536 |
House Author: Geren et al. |
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Effective: 6-14-13 |
Senate Sponsor: Nelson |
House Bill 2536 amends Transportation Code provisions applicable to a subregional board of a regional transportation authority having no municipality with a population of more than 800,000. The bill requires the commissioners court of the county of the principal municipality with a population of at least 350,000, if the entire county of the principal municipality is not included in the authority, to appoint at least one member to the subregional board to represent the municipalities that have entered into a contract with the authority to receive services. An elected officer of the state or a political subdivision of the state is also eligible under certain circumstances to serve on the subregional board.
House Bill 2536 amends provisions generally applicable to all subregional boards to authorize an individual who does not reside in a regional transportation authority to be appointed to a subregional board in the same manner an individual is appointed to a subregional board in an authority having no municipality with a population of more than 800,000, if the individual is a qualified voter of and resides in a municipality that has entered into a contract with the authority to receive services and has adopted a sales tax to participate in the funding of a transportation project being planned, developed, or operated by the authority.