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.