By Lindsay S.B. No. 123
77R582 DRH-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the appointment of the governing board of certain
1-3 metropolitan rapid transit authorities.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 451.501(g), Transportation Code, is
1-6 amended to read as follows:
1-7 (g) This section does not apply to the board of an authority
1-8 described by Section 451.5021(a) or 451.5022(a).
1-9 SECTION 2. Sections 451.502(a) and (f), Transportation Code,
1-10 are amended to read as follows:
1-11 (a) The five board members under Section 451.501(a)(1) are
1-12 appointed by the governing body of the principal municipality [,
1-13 except in an authority having a principal municipality with a
1-14 population of more than 1.2 million, the five board members are
1-15 appointed by the mayor of the principal municipality and are
1-16 subject to confirmation by the governing body of the principal
1-17 municipality].
1-18 (f) This section does not apply to the board of an authority
1-19 described by Section 451.5021(a) or 451.5022(a).
1-20 SECTION 3. Subchapter K, Chapter 451, Transportation Code,
1-21 is amended by adding Section 451.5022 to read as follows:
1-22 Sec. 451.5022. BOARD COMPOSITION; AUTHORITY HAVING PRINCIPAL
1-23 MUNICIPALITY WITH POPULATION GREATER THAN 1.2 MILLION. (a) This
1-24 section applies only to the board of an authority having a
2-1 principal municipality with a population of more than 1.2 million.
2-2 (b) The board is composed of nine members who are appointed
2-3 as follows:
2-4 (1) four members appointed by the mayor of the
2-5 principal municipality who are subject to confirmation by the
2-6 governing body of the principal municipality;
2-7 (2) three members appointed by the commissioners court
2-8 of the principal county; and
2-9 (3) two members appointed by a panel composed of:
2-10 (A) the mayors of the municipalities in the
2-11 authority, excluding the mayor of the principal municipality; and
2-12 (B) the county judges of the counties having
2-13 unincorporated area in the authority, excluding the county judge of
2-14 the principal county.
2-15 (c) In this section, "principal county" has the meaning
2-16 assigned by Section 451.501(f).
2-17 SECTION 4. (a) This section applies only to an authority
2-18 governed by a board to which Section 451.5022, Transportation Code,
2-19 as added by this Act, applies.
2-20 (b) The changes in law made by this Act do not affect the
2-21 entitlement of a member serving on the board immediately before the
2-22 effective date of this Act to continue to carry out the member's
2-23 functions for the remainder of the member's term. On the
2-24 expiration of the first term of a member appointed by the mayor of
2-25 the principal municipality, as defined by Section 451.001,
2-26 Transportation Code, that occurs on or after the effective date of
2-27 this Act, the commissioners court of the county shall make an
3-1 appointment to fill the term.
3-2 SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
3-3 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
3-4 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
3-5 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
3-6 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.