Amend SB 792 (House committee printing) in ARTICLE 10 of the 
bill by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION and 
renumbering SECTIONS of the ARTICLE appropriately:
	SECTION 10.____.  Section 370.251, Transportation Code, is 
amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to 
read as follows:
	(a)  Except as provided by Subsection (a-1), the [The] 
governing body of an authority is a board of directors consisting of 
representatives of each county in which a transportation project of 
the authority is located or is proposed to be located.  The 
commissioners court of each county that initially forms the 
authority shall appoint at least two directors to the board.  
Additional directors may be appointed to the board at the time of 
initial formation by agreement of the counties creating the 
authority to ensure fair representation of political subdivisions 
in the counties of the authority that will be affected by a 
transportation project of the authority, provided that the number 
of directors must be an odd number.  The commissioners court of a 
county that is subsequently added to the authority shall appoint 
one director to the board.  The governor shall appoint one director 
to the board who shall serve as the presiding officer of the board 
and shall appoint an additional director to the board if an 
appointment is necessary to maintain an odd number of directors on 
the board.
	(a-1)  Subject to Subsections (g)(1), (3), (4), and (5) and 
Section 370.252, to be eligible to serve as director of an authority 
created by a municipality an individual:
		(1)  may be a representative of an entity that also has 
representation on a metropolitan planning organization in the 
region where the municipality is located; and
		(2)  is not required to be a resident of Texas if the 
metropolitan planning organization's geographic area includes 
territory in another state.