78S30046 JRJ-D

By:  Lindsay                                                      S.B. No. 6  



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to certain appointments to the boards of metropolitan 
rapid transit authorities.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 451.502(a), Transportation Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The five board members under Section 451.501(a)(1) are 
appointed by the governing body of the principal municipality, 
except in an authority having a principal municipality with a 
population of more than 1.2 million, the five board members are 
selected as follows:
		(1)  three members appointed by the mayor of the 
principal municipality and [are] subject to confirmation by the 
governing body of the principal municipality;
		(2)  one member appointed by the commissioners court of 
the principal county; and
		(3)  one member, who serves as presiding officer of the 
board, selected by vote of the commissioners court of the principal 
county and the governing body of the principal municipality, each 
of which may cast five votes in the manner determined by the 
majority of its members.
	SECTION 2.  Section 451.520(a), Transportation Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The board shall elect from among its membership a 
presiding officer, an assistant presiding officer, and a secretary.  
This subsection does not apply to the selection of a presiding 
officer [who is appointed] under Section 451.502(a)(3) or 
451.502(e)(3).
	SECTION 3.  (a)  This Act takes effect immediately if it 
receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each 
house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  
If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate 
effect, this Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of 
the legislative session.
	(b)  The commissioners court of the principal county shall 
make the appointment required under Section 451.502(a)(2), 
Transportation Code, as amended by this Act, following the second 
vacancy that occurs on the board of a metropolitan rapid transit 
authority from the members previously appointed by the mayor of the 
principal municipality under Section 451.502(a), Transportation 
Code.
	(c)  The commissioners court and governing body of the 
municipality shall make the appointment required under Section 
451.502(a)(3), Transportation Code, as amended by this Act, 
following the first vacancy that occurs on the board of a 
metropolitan rapid transit authority from the members previously 
appointed by the mayor of the principal municipality under Section 
451.502(a), Transportation Code.