HOUSE BILL 3323 |
HOUSE AUTHOR: Solomons et al. |
EFFECTIVE: 09-01-01 |
SENATE SPONSOR: Nelson |
House Bill 3323 provides for the creation, organization, administration, powers, duties, operation, and financing of a coordinated county transportation authority. It authorizes certain municipalities and the commissioners court of a county that is adjacent to a county with a population of more than one million to create an authority to provide public transportation and transportation-related services, if confirmed by voters at an election. The authority has the power of eminent domain and annexation and the authority to impose a sales and use tax, issue bonds, borrow money, and enter into contracts for construction, services, or property.