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.