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.