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.