79R7816 JTS-D

By:  Krusee                                                       H.B. No. 2655



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to regional mobility authorities.                                    
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  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.
	SECTION 2.  Section 370.251, Transportation Code, is amended 
by adding Subsection (k) to read as follows:
	(k)  Directors are subject to Chapter 171, Local Government 
Code.     
	SECTION 3.  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 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.
	SECTION 4.  Subchapter F, Chapter 370, Transportation Code, 
is amended by adding Section 370.263 to read as follows:
	Sec. 370.263.  NOTICE OF BOARD MEETING.  Notwithstanding 
Section 551.053(c) or 551.054(b), Government Code, a county clerk 
who receives notice of a board meeting under this chapter may post 
the notice in a place other than a county courthouse if the 
location:
		(1)  is continuously accessible to the public for 72 
consecutive hours before the meeting; and
		(2)  is designated by board rule.                                      
	SECTION 5.  Section 370.163(b), Transportation Code, is 
repealed.            
	SECTION 6.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.