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By: Krusse (Senate Sponsor - Watson) |
H.B. No. 3718 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House April 23, 2007; |
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April 26, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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Transportation and Homeland Security; May 2, 2007, reported |
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favorably by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 2, 2007, sent |
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to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to terms of directors of a regional mobility authority. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 370.251(c), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(c) Directors [If permitted under the constitution of this
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state, directors serve staggered six-year terms, with the terms of
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no more than one-third of the directors expiring on February 1 of
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each odd-numbered year. If six-year terms are not permitted under
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the constitution, directors] serve two-year terms, with as near as |
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possible to [the terms of not more than] one-half of the directors' |
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terms [directors] expiring on February 1 of each year. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |
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