77R11140 JAT-D                           
         By Truitt, Smith, Marchant, Allen                     H.B. No. 2051
         Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2051:
         By Alexander                                      C.S.H.B. No. 2051
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the composition of joint boards governing certain
 1-3     airports.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 22.074(a), Transportation Code, is amended
 1-6     to read as follows:
 1-7           (a)  Public agencies acting jointly under this subchapter
 1-8     shall create a joint board consisting of members appointed by the
 1-9     governing authority of each participating public agency.  The joint
1-10     agreement shall provide for the number to be appointed, not to
1-11     exceed 11, including those members appointed under Section 22.0745,
1-12     and the members' terms and compensation, if any. The joint board
1-13     shall organize, select officers for terms to be provided by the
1-14     agreement, and adopt rules for its own procedures.
1-15           SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 22, Transportation Code, is
1-16     amended by adding Section 22.0745 to read as follows:
1-17           Sec. 22.0745.  NON-CONSTITUENT MUNICIPALITY REPRESENTATION ON
1-18     JOINT BOARD. (a)  In this section, "non-constituent municipality"
1-19     means a municipality:
1-20                 (1)  all or part of which is located within the
1-21     geographic boundaries of an airport governed by a joint board for
1-22     which the constituent agencies are populous home-rule
1-23     municipalities; and
1-24                 (2)  that is not a constituent agency.
 2-1           (b)  A joint board for which the constituent agencies are
 2-2     populous home-rule municipalities must include in its membership,
 2-3     from each county that has territory within the airport's
 2-4     boundaries, the chief executive officer of a non-constituent
 2-5     municipality, appointed by the constituent agencies in accordance
 2-6     with Section 22.074.
 2-7           (c)  A non-constituent municipality's chief executive officer
 2-8     may not be appointed to a subsequent term until the chief executive
 2-9     officer of each of the other non-constituent municipalities has
2-10     served an intervening term.
2-11           (d)  The term of a chief executive officer appointed under
2-12     this section is the same as a member appointed by the governing
2-13     authority of a participating agency.
2-14           (e)  A chief executive officer of a non-constituent
2-15     municipality serves without compensation but is entitled to
2-16     reimbursement for actual expenses incurred in the performance of
2-17     official joint board duties, subject to approval of the presiding
2-18     officer of the joint board.
2-19           SECTION 3. (a)  Not later than October 1, 2001, public
2-20     agencies acting jointly under Chapter 22, Transportation Code,
2-21     shall:
2-22                 (1)  amend the joint-action agreement under Section
2-23     22.072, Transportation Code, to limit the number of joint board
2-24     members and to include in the board's membership chief executive
2-25     officers of the non-constituent municipalities, as defined by
2-26     Section 22.0745, Transportation Code, as added by this Act; and
2-27                 (2)  appoint to the joint board, from each county that
 3-1     has territory within the boundaries of the airport, the chief
 3-2     executive officer of the non-constituent municipality that has the
 3-3     largest territory within the airport boundaries.
 3-4           (b)  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.