By:  Lucio, Shapleigh                                  S.B. No. 249
           Zaffirini
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the membership of the Texas Transportation Commission.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1.  Subsections (a) and (b), Section 201.051,
 1-5     Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows:
 1-6           (a)  The Texas Transportation Commission consists of five
 1-7     [three] members appointed by the governor with the advice and
 1-8     consent of the senate.
 1-9           (b)  Two members [One member] must reside in a rural area.
1-10           SECTION 2.  Section 201.052, Transportation Code, is amended
1-11     to read as follows:
1-12           Sec. 201.052.  TERMS.  Members of the commission serve
1-13     staggered six-year terms, with the terms of either one or two
1-14     members [one member's term] expiring February 1 of each
1-15     odd-numbered year.
1-16           SECTION 3.  (a)  Promptly after this Act takes effect, the
1-17     governor shall appoint two additional members to the Texas
1-18     Transportation Commission.  Of those members, the governor shall
1-19     designate one to serve a term expiring February 1, 2005, and one to
1-20     serve a term expiring February 1, 2007.
1-21           (b)  Until all appointees have taken office, a quorum of the
1-22     commission is a majority of the number of members who are
1-23     qualified.
1-24           SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.