78R5779 MTB-D

By:  Ogden                                                        S.B. No. 1080



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the appointment of a voting proxy by a policy board 
member of a metropolitan planning organization.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Chapter 472, Transportation Code, is amended by 
adding Subchapter D to read as follows:

SUBCHAPTER D. METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS
	Sec. 472.031.  POLICY BOARD.  (a)  A policy board of a 
metropolitan planning organization designated or redesignated 
under 23 U.S.C. Section 134 may provide in its bylaws for 
appointment of voting proxies by its members.
	(b)  A proxy appointed under Subsection (a):                            
		(1)  acts on behalf of and under the supervision of the 
policy board member who appointed the proxy;
		(2)  must be appointed in writing; and                                 
		(3)  is authorized to vote for the policy board member 
who appointed the proxy to the extent the member has given the proxy  
the member's voting power.
	SECTION 2.  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 September 1, 2003.