1-1 By: Shelley S.B. No. 530
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 1, 1993; March 2, 1993, read
1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental
1-4 Relations; March 17, 1993, reported favorably, as amended, by the
1-5 following vote: Yeas 10, Nays 0; March 17, 1993, sent to printer.)
1-6 COMMITTEE VOTE
1-7 Yea Nay PNV Absent
1-8 Armbrister x
1-9 Leedom x
1-10 Carriker x
1-11 Henderson x
1-12 Madla x
1-13 Moncrief x
1-14 Patterson x
1-15 Rosson x
1-16 Shapiro x
1-17 Wentworth x
1-18 Whitmire x
1-19 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1 By: Moncrief
1-20 Amend S.B. No. 530 on page 1, line 33, by striking "in more than
1-21 one county and"
1-22 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-23 AN ACT
1-24 relating to the creation of metropolitan rapid transit authorities.
1-25 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-26 SECTION 1. Chapter 141, Acts of the 63rd Legislature,
1-27 Regular Session, 1973 (Article 1118x, Vernon's Texas Civil
1-28 Statutes), is amended by adding Section 3B to read as follows:
1-29 Sec. 3B. ALTERNATE CITIES. (a) For the purposes of this
1-30 section, "alternate city" is a city:
1-31 (1) with a population in excess of 60,000 according to
1-32 the most recent federal census;
1-33 (2) located in more than one county and in a
1-34 metropolitan area in which the population of the principal city
1-35 exceeds 1,200,000 according to the most recent federal census; and
1-36 (3) not part of the territory of an existing
1-37 authority.
1-38 (b) An alternate city may create a metropolitan transit
1-39 authority in the same manner as a principal city with a population
1-40 in excess of 1,200,000 according to the most recent federal census.
1-41 Except as provided by Subsection (c) of this section, an authority
1-42 created by an alternate city and confirmed has the same powers and
1-43 duties as an authority in which the population of the principal
1-44 city exceeds 1,200,000 according to the most recent federal census.
1-45 (c) An authority created by an alternate city and confirmed
1-46 has a board composed of five members who serve for terms of two
1-47 years. The members shall be appointed by the mayor of the
1-48 alternate city subject to confirmation by the governing body of the
1-49 alternate city. A vacancy shall be filled for the remainder of the
1-50 term in the same manner as that provided for original appointment.
1-51 On expiration of a term of office of a member of the board, the
1-52 member may be reappointed or another person may be appointed to
1-53 replace the member for a succeeding term. A member of the board is
1-54 entitled to reimbursement for necessary and reasonable expenses
1-55 incurred in the discharge of duties as a board member. A board
1-56 member in an alternate city authority receives no compensation for
1-57 attending a board meeting. Section 6B of this Act does not apply
1-58 to authorities created by alternate cities.
1-59 (d) An authority created by an alternate city and confirmed
1-60 and an authority in which the population of the principal city
1-61 exceeds 1,200,000 according to the most recent federal census may
1-62 contract for service outside the area of their respective
1-63 authorities for the purpose of providing access between the two
1-64 authorities.
1-65 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the
1-66 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-67 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-68 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-1 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
2-2 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
2-3 passage, and it is so enacted.
2-4 * * * * *
2-5 Austin,
2-6 Texas
2-7 March 17, 1993
2-8 Hon. Bob Bullock
2-9 President of the Senate
2-10 Sir:
2-11 We, your Committee on Intergovernmental Relations to which was
2-12 referred S.B. No. 530, have had the same under consideration, and I
2-13 am instructed to report it back to the Senate with the
2-14 recommendation that it do pass, as amended, and be printed.
2-15 Armbrister,
2-16 Chairman
2-17 * * * * *
2-18 WITNESSES
2-19 FOR AGAINST ON
2-20 ___________________________________________________________________
2-21 Name: Walter Fisher x
2-22 Representing: Texas Municpal League
2-23 City: Austin
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2-25 Name: Bobby Routree x
2-26 Representing: Baytown City Manager
2-27 City: Baytown
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2-29 Name: Donald Lee x
2-30 Representing: Harris Co. Judge Jon Lindsay
2-31 City: Houston
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