80R4676 JRJ-F
 
  By: Shapiro S.B. No. 964
 
 
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the board of directors of a regional tollway authority.
       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
       SECTION 1.  Section 366.251, Transportation Code, is amended
by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (d-1) to read as
follows:
       (c)  In addition to directors appointed by a commissioners
court under Subsection (b), the commissioners courts of each county
[those counties] of the authority [in which all or part of a
turnpike project is located and open for use by the traveling
public] shall appoint one [two] additional director if the county
is [directors as follows]:
             (1)  a [if the open turnpike project is located
entirely in one] county[, the commissioners court of] that created
the authority under Section 366.031 [county shall appoint the two
additional directors]; or
             (2)  a county in which all or part of a [if the open]
turnpike project of not less than ten centerline miles in length is
located and has been open for use for at least three years [in two
counties of the authority, the commissioners court of each county
shall appoint one of the additional directors; or
             [(3)  if the open turnpike project is located in more
than two counties, the commissioners court of each county in which
the project is located shall appoint one additional director on a
rotating basis and in accordance with a schedule agreed to and
approved by concurrent resolutions adopted by the commissioners
courts of at least three-fourths of the counties of the authority].
       (d-1)  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 (d).
       SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act does not
affect the term of a member of the board of directors serving on the
effective date of this Act. Members appointed to fill vacancies
occurring on or after the effective date of this Act must be
appointed in accordance with Section 366.251, Transportation Code,
as amended by this Act.
       SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act does not
prohibit a person who is a member of a regional tollway authority
board of directors before the effective date of this Act from being
appointed as a member of the board under the new composition of the
board of a regional tollway authority if the person has the
qualifications required for the position under Section 366.251,
Transportation Code, as amended by this Act.
       SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.