Amend CSHB 300 (House committee printing), by striking page 
57, line 13, through page 58, line 3, and substituting the 
following:
	Sec. 472.0315.  POLICY BOARD MEMBERSHIP AND VOTING 
REQUIREMENTS; ELIGIBILITY FOR STATE ALLOCATION OF FUNDING.  (a)  
The policy board of a metropolitan planning organization must 
consist of at least 5 and not more than 19 members, the exact number 
to be determined on an equitable geographic-population ratio based 
on the most recent census.
	(b)  To be eligible to receive funds from this state for 
transportation projects under Section 201.668:
		(1)  at least 75 percent of a metropolitan planning 
organization's policy board members must be elected officials who 
are elected in the boundaries of the metropolitan planning 
organization; and
		(2)  only elected officials may be voting members of 
the organization's policy board.
	(c)  A metropolitan planning organization that is not 
eligible under Subsection (b) may redesignate the board so as to 
become eligible to receive an allocation of funds under Section 
201.668.
	(d)  In this section, "elected official" means the presiding 
officer or a member of the governing body of a municipality, a 
county judge, a county commissioner, a state representative, or a 
state senator.