Amend CSHB 2702 (committee printing) as follows:
(1) In SECTION 2.52 of the bill, in Paragraph (F) of amended Section 370.003(14), Transportation Code (page 39, line 31),
between "airport" and the semicolon insert ", other than an airport
that on September 1, 2005, was served by one or more air carriers
engaged in scheduled interstate air transportation, as those terms
were defined by 14 C.F.R. Section 1.1 on that date".
(2) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to
Article 2 of the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of Article 2
accordingly:
SECTION 2.__. Section 370.177(i), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(i) In the prosecution of an offense under this section,
proof that the vehicle passed through a toll collection facility
without payment of the proper toll together with proof that the
defendant was the registered owner or the driver of the vehicle when
the failure to pay occurred, establishes the nonpayment of the
registered owner. The proof may be by testimony of a peace officer
or authority employee, video surveillance, or any other reasonable
evidence, including evidence obtained by automated enforcement
technology that the authority determines is necessary, including
automated enforcement technology described by Sections 228.058(a)
and (b).
SECTION 2.__. Section 370.178, Transportation Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) Transponder customer account information, including
contact and payment information and trip data, is confidential and
not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.
SECTION 2.__. Sections 370.251(c) and (d), Transportation
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(c) If permitted under the constitution of this state,
directors [Directors] serve staggered six-year terms, with the
terms of no more than one-third of the directors expiring on
February 1 of each odd-numbered year. If six-year terms are not
permitted under the constitution, directors serve two-year terms,
with the terms of not more than one-half of the directors expiring
on February 1 of each year.
(d) If six-year terms are permitted under the constitution
of this state, one [One] director appointed to the initial board of
an authority by the commissioners court of a county shall be
designated by the court to serve a term of two years and one
director designated to serve a term of four years. If six-year
terms are not permitted under the constitution, one director
appointed to the initial board of an authority by the commissioners
court of a county shall be designated by the court to serve a term of
one year and one director designated to serve a term of two years.
If one or more directors are subsequently appointed to the board,
the directors other than the subsequent appointees shall determine
the length of the appointees' terms, to comply with Subsection (c).
SECTION 2.__. Section 370.252, Transportation Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
(f) In addition to the prohibitions and restrictions of this
section, directors are subject to Chapter 171, Local Government
Code.
SECTION 2.__. Section 370.262(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) Chapter 551, Government Code, does not prohibit any open
or closed meeting of the board, a committee of the board, or the
staff, or any combination of the board or staff, from being held by
telephone conference call. The board may hold an open or closed
meeting by telephone conference call subject to the requirements of
Sections 551.125(c)-(f), Government Code, but is not subject to the
requirements of Subsection (b) of that section.