By Turner of Harris H.B. No. 562
74R2526 DRH-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the number of consecutive years a person may serve on
1-3 certain mass transit authority boards.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 6B(h), Chapter 141, Acts of the 63rd
1-6 Legislature, Regular Session, 1973 (Article 1118x, Vernon's Texas
1-7 Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
1-8 (h) A member of the board of an authority in which the
1-9 principal city has a population of more than 1,200,000, according
1-10 to the most recent federal census, serves a term of two years. A
1-11 vacancy on a board subject to this subsection shall be filled by
1-12 the agency that appointed the member whose position has become
1-13 vacant for the remainder of the unexpired term. In the case of a
1-14 vacancy in a position whose previous occupant was appointed by the
1-15 mayor of the principal city and confirmed by that city's governing
1-16 body, the vacancy shall be filled by appointment of the mayor and
1-17 confirmation of the governing body. A person may not serve a total
1-18 of more than six <eight> years, whether or not consecutive, on a
1-19 board subject to this subsection, not including the time the person
1-20 serves <except> as a holdover pending the qualification of a
1-21 successor, and may not be appointed if, at the end of the term for
1-22 which the person is being considered, the person's service would
1-23 exceed this requirement. A member of a board subject to this
1-24 subsection may not take part in a vote of the board if the member's
2-1 term has expired and the member is serving as a holdover pending
2-2 the qualification of a successor and:
2-3 (1) more than 45 days have occurred since the end of
2-4 the term; or
2-5 (2) service by the member on the board exceeds the
2-6 six-year limit imposed by this subsection.
2-7 SECTION 2. A member of a board to which the change in law
2-8 made by this Act applies whose cumulative years of service on the
2-9 effective date of this Act exceed the limit imposed by Section
2-10 6B(h), Chapter 141, Acts of the 63rd Legislature, Regular Session,
2-11 1973 (Article 1118x, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), as amended by
2-12 Section 1 of this Act, continues to serve until the member's term
2-13 expires.
2-14 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
2-15 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
2-16 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-17 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-18 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-19 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.