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House Bill 2682 |
House Author: Solomons |
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Effective: 9-1-07 |
Senate Sponsor: Brimer |
House Bill 2682 amends provisions of the Transportation Code relating to the administration and powers of a coordinated county transportation authority. The bill expands the procedures for adding the territory of a municipality to an authority by election to provide for a combined ballot proposition to lower or repeal any dedicated or special-purpose sales and use tax if approval by the municipal election would cause the tax to exceed the maximum allowable tax rate in an authority area, and to raise or adopt a sales and use tax imposed by the authority. The bill specifies when a sales and use tax imposed by an authority takes effect in a municipality added to the authority and provides for the payment of proportional capital recovery fees by the municipality. The bill also expands the types of contracts that an authority is authorized to negotiate without competitive sealed bids or proposals and authorizes an authority to acquire rolling stock or other real or personal property under a contract. The bill replaces the term "executive committee" with "board of directors" in provisions regarding the governing body of an authority.