Amend CSHB 2230 by adding a new section ____ to read as
follows:
      SECTION ____.  Section 451.617, Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
      Sec. 451.617.  WITHDRAWAL: ALTERNATIVE METHOD FOR CERTAIN
AUTHORITIES.  (a)  In an authority created before 1980 in which the
principal municipality has a population of 750,000 or more <less
than 1.2 million>, a unit of election, other than the principal
municipality, may withdraw from the authority, in addition to any
other manner provided by law, by a vote of a majority of the
registered voters of the unit of election voting at an election on
the question of withdrawing from the authority.
      (b)  The governing body of a unit of election in the
authority, other than the principal municipality, shall call an
election under this section in a unit of election if a petition
requesting that an election to withdraw from the authority be held
is submitted to the governing body and is signed by at least 10
percent of the registered voters of the unit of election on the
date the petition is submitted. To be counted for purposes of
validating the petition, a signature on the petition must have been
inscribed not earlier than the 120th day before the date the
petition is submitted to the governing body.
      (c)  The governing body, before the 31st day after the date
the petition is submitted to the governing body, shall determine
whether a petition under this section is valid, and if the
governing body fails to act on the petition before the expiration
of that period, the petition is valid.
      (d)  Sections 451.601, 451.607, 451.608, 451.609, 451.611,
451.612(a), and 451.613 apply to the withdrawal of a unit of
election under this section.
      (e)  Except as provided in Subsection (f), an <An> election
may not be held under this section on a date earlier than the first
anniversary of the date of the most recent election held under this
section.
      (f)  In an authority created before 1980 in which the
principal municipality has a population greater than 1.6 million,
only a unit of election in which a majority of qualified voters
voted not to confirm the authority and authorize the levy of taxes
may withdraw from the authority in accordance with the provisions
of this chapter. An election may not be held under this subsection
on a date earlier than the sixth anniversary of the date of the
most recent election held under this section.