1-1 By: Wentworth S.B. No. 1790 1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 14, 1997; March 24, 1997, read 1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental 1-4 Relations; April 10, 1997, reported adversely, with favorable 1-5 Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 11, Nays 0; 1-6 April 10, 1997, sent to printer.) 1-7 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1790 By: Shapiro 1-8 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-9 AN ACT 1-10 relating to the composition of the board of directors of certain 1-11 metropolitan transit authorities. 1-12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-13 SECTION 1. Section 451.501, Transportation Code, is amended 1-14 by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows: 1-15 (g) This section does not apply to the board of an authority 1-16 described by Section 451.5021(a). 1-17 SECTION 2. Section 451.502, Transportation Code, is amended 1-18 by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: 1-19 (f) This section does not apply to the board of an authority 1-20 described by Section 451.5021(a). 1-21 SECTION 3. Subchapter K, Chapter 451, Transportation Code, 1-22 is amended by adding Section 451.5021 to read as follows: 1-23 Sec. 451.5021. BOARD COMPOSITION; CERTAIN AUTHORITIES. 1-24 (a) This section applies only to the board of an authority 1-25 confirmed before July 1, 1985, in which the principal municipality 1-26 has a population of less than 750,000. 1-27 (b) The board is composed of nine members who are appointed 1-28 as follows: 1-29 (1) five members are appointed by the governing body 1-30 of the principal municipality; 1-31 (2) one member is appointed by the members of the 1-32 commissioners court of the principal county; 1-33 (3) one member is appointed by a panel composed of: 1-34 (A) the mayors of all municipalities in the 1-35 authority located outside the principal county of the authority, 1-36 excluding the mayor of the principal municipality; and 1-37 (B) the county judges of the counties having 1-38 unincorporated area in the authority, excluding the county judge of 1-39 the principal county; 1-40 (4) one member is appointed by a panel composed of the 1-41 mayors of all the municipalities in the authority located in the 1-42 principal county of the authority, excluding the mayor of the 1-43 principal municipality; and 1-44 (5) one member is appointed by the metropolitan 1-45 planning organization that serves the area of the authority. 1-46 (c) A panel appointing a member under this section operates 1-47 in the manner prescribed by Section 451.503. 1-48 (d) A member appointed under Subsection (b)(5) is nominated 1-49 by the presiding officer of the organization and confirmed by the 1-50 governing body of the organization. 1-51 (e) In this section, "principal county" has the meaning 1-52 assigned by Section 451.501(f). 1-53 SECTION 4. (a) This section applies only to the board of 1-54 directors of a metropolitan transit authority created before July 1-55 1, 1985, by a municipality with a population of less than 750,000. 1-56 (b) The governmental entities entitled to make additional 1-57 appointments under Section 451.5021, Transportation Code, as added 1-58 by this Act, shall make the initial appointments as soon as 1-59 practical after the effective date of this Act. 1-60 (c) The board may reduce the length of the term of a person 1-61 initially appointed under Subsection (b) of this section to allow 1-62 for staggered terms. 1-63 SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997. 1-64 SECTION 6. The importance of this legislation and the 2-1 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-2 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-3 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-4 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended. 2-5 * * * * *