By: Shapiro S.B. No. 964

(In the Senate - Filed February 27, 2007; March 7, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Homeland Security; March 27, 2007, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; March 27, 2007, sent to printer.)

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 964 By: Shapiro

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 10 centerline miles in length is located and has been open for use by the traveling public 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, and otherwise under Chapter 366, Transportation Code.

SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.

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