Amend CSHB 300 (committee printing) by adding the following 
SECTIONs to read as follows:
	SECTION 20.02.  Sections 451.0611(e) and (f), 
Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows:
	(e)  The notice required by Subsection (d)(2) may be included 
in a citation issued to the person under Article 14.06, Code of 
Criminal Procedure, or under Section 451.0612, in connection with 
an offense relating to the nonpayment of the appropriate fare or 
charge for the use of the public transportation system.
	(f)  An offense under Subsection (d) is:                                
		(1)  a Class C misdemeanor; and                                 
		(2)  not a crime of moral turpitude.                                   
	SECTION 20.03.  Subchapter B, Chapter 451, Transportation 
Code, is amended by adding Section 451.0612 to read as follows:
	Sec. 451.0612.  FARE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN CERTAIN 
AUTHORITIES.  (a)  An authority confirmed before July 1, 1985, in 
which the principal municipality has a population of less than 
750,000 may employ persons to serve as fare enforcement officers to 
enforce the payment of fares for use of the public transportation 
system by:
		(1)  requesting and inspecting evidence showing 
payment of the appropriate fare from a person using the public 
transportation system; and
		(2)  issuing a citation to a person described by 
Section 451.0611(d)(1).
	(b)  Before commencing duties as a fare enforcement officer a 
person must complete a 40-hour training course approved by the 
authority that is appropriate to the duties required of a fare 
enforcement officer.
	(c)  While performing duties, a fare enforcement officer 
shall:       
		(1)  wear a distinctive uniform that identifies the 
officer as a fare enforcement officer; and
		(2)  work under the direction of the authority's 
manager of safety and security.
	(d)  A fare enforcement officer may:                                    
		(1)  request evidence showing payment of the 
appropriate fare from passengers of the public transportation 
system;
		(2)  request personal identification from a passenger 
who does not produce evidence showing payment of the appropriate 
fare on request by the officer;
		(3)  request that a passenger leave the public 
transportation system if the passenger does not possess evidence of 
payment of the appropriate fare; and
		(4)  file a complaint in the appropriate court that 
charges the person with an offense under Section 451.0611(d).
	(e)  A fare enforcement officer may not carry a weapon while 
performing duties under this section.
	(f)  A fare enforcement officer is not a peace officer and 
has no authority to enforce a criminal law, other than the authority 
possessed by any other person who is not a peace officer.
	SECTION 20.04.  Section 451.108(c), Transportation Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(c)  A peace officer commissioned under this section, except 
as provided by Subsections (d) and (e), or a peace officer 
contracted for employment by an authority confirmed before July 1, 
1985, in which the principal municipality has a population of less 
than 750,000, may:
		(1)  make an arrest in any county in which the transit 
authority system is located as necessary to prevent or abate the 
commission of an offense against the law of this state or a 
political subdivision of this state if the offense or threatened 
offense occurs on or involves the transit authority system;
		(2)  make an arrest for an offense involving injury or 
detriment to the transit authority system;
		(3)  enforce traffic laws and investigate traffic 
accidents that involve or occur in the transit authority system; 
and
		(4)  provide emergency and public safety services to 
the transit authority system or users of the transit authority 
system.
	SECTION 20.05.  Section 451.061, Transportation Code, is 
amended by amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (d-1) to 
read as follows:
	(d)  Except as provided by Subsection (d-1), the [The] fares, 
tolls, charges, rents, and other compensation established by an 
authority in which the principal municipality has a population of 
less than 1.2 million may not take effect until approved by a 
majority vote of a committee composed of:
		(1)  five members of the governing body of the 
principal municipality, selected by that governing body;
		(2)  three members of the commissioners court of the 
county having the largest portion of the incorporated territory of 
the principal municipality, selected by that commissioners court; 
and
		(3)  three mayors of municipalities, other than the 
principal municipality, located in the authority, selected by:
			(A)  the mayors of all the municipalities, except 
the principal municipality, located in the authority; or
			(B)  the mayor of the most populous municipality, 
other than the principal municipality, in the case of an authority 
in which the principal municipality has a population of less than 
300,000.
	(d-1)  The establishment of or a change to fares, tolls, 
charges, rents, and other compensation by an authority confirmed 
before July 1, 1985, in which the principal municipality has a 
population of less than 750,000, takes effect immediately on 
approval by a majority vote of the board, except that the 
establishment of or a change to a single-ride base fare takes effect 
on the 60th day after the date the board approves the fare or change 
to the fare, unless the policy board of the metropolitan planning 
organization that serves the area of the authority disapproves the 
fare or change to the fare by a majority vote.
	SECTION 20.06.  Section 451.071, Transportation Code, is 
amended by adding Subsections (g) and (h) to read as follows:
	(g)  This section does not require the authority to hold a 
referendum on a proposal to enter into a contract or interlocal 
agreement to build, operate, or maintain a fixed rail transit 
system for another entity.  Notwithstanding Subsection (d) the 
authority may spend funds of the authority to enter into a contract 
and operate under that contract to build, operate, or maintain a 
fixed rail transit system if the other entity will reimburse the 
authority for the funds.
	(h)  A referendum held by a political subdivision, the 
authority or an entity other than the authority at which funding is 
approved for a fixed rail transit system is considered to meet the 
requirements of Subsections (d) and (e) and Section 451.3625 if the 
notice for the election called by the political subdivision, the 
authority or other entity contains the description required by 
Subsection (c).  The referendum may allow for financial 
participation of more than one political subdivision or entity.  
The authority may only spend funds of the authority if the 
referendum authorizes that expenditure.
	SECTION 20.07.  Subchapter J, Chapter 451, Transportation 
Code, is amended by adding Sections 451.458, 451.459, and 451.460 
to read as follows:
	Sec. 451.458.  INTERNAL AUDITOR.  (a)  This section applies 
only to an authority confirmed before July 1, 1985, in which the 
principal municipality has a population of less than 750,000.
	(b)  The board shall appoint a qualified individual to 
perform internal auditing services for a term of five years. The 
board may remove the auditor only on the affirmative vote of at 
least three-fourths of the members of the board.
	(c)  The auditor shall report directly to the board.                    
	Sec. 451.459.  SUNSET REVIEW.  (a)  An authority confirmed 
before July 1, 1985, in which the principal municipality has a 
population of less than 750,000 is subject to review under Chapter 
325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act), as if it were a state 
agency but may not be abolished under that chapter.  The review 
shall be conducted as if the authority were scheduled to be 
abolished September 1, 2011.  In addition, another review shall be 
conducted as if the authority were scheduled to be abolished 
September 1, 2017.  The reviews conducted under this section must 
include an assessment of the governance, management, and operating 
structure of the authority and the authority's compliance with the 
duties and requirements placed on it by the legislature.
	(b)  The authority shall pay the cost incurred by the Sunset 
Advisory Commission in performing a review of the authority under 
this section.  The Sunset Advisory Commission shall determine the 
cost, and the authority shall pay the amount promptly on receipt of 
a statement from the Sunset Advisory Commission detailing the cost.
	Sec. 451.460.  ANNUAL REPORT.  (a)  This section applies only 
to an authority confirmed before July 1, 1985, in which the 
principal municipality has a population of less than 750,000.
	(b)  The authority shall provide an annual report to each 
governing body of a municipality or county in the authority 
regarding the status of any financial obligation of the authority 
to the municipality or county.
	SECTION 20.08.  Section 451.5021, Transportation Code, is 
amended by amending Subsections (a), (b), (d), and (e) and adding 
Subsections (b-1), (d-1), (d-2), (d-3), and (e-1) to read as 
follows:
	(a)  This section applies only to the board of an authority 
created before July 1, 1985, in which the principal municipality 
has a population of less than 750,000 [in which each member of the 
governing body of the principal municipality is elected at large].
	(b)  Members of the [The] board [is composed of seven members 
who] are appointed as follows:
		(1)  one member, who is an elected official, [two 
members representing the general public] appointed by the 
metropolitan planning organization designated by the governor that 
serves the area of the authority;
		(2)  one member, who is an elected official, [two 
members] appointed by the governing body of the principal 
municipality;
		(3)  one member jointly appointed by:                           
			(A)  the governing body of the principal 
municipality; and          
			(B)  the commissioners court of the principal 
county;               
		(4)  one member jointly appointed by:                           
			(A)  the governing body of the principal 
municipality; and          
			(B)  the commissioners court of the county, 
excluding the principal county, that has the largest population of 
the counties in the authority [a panel composed of the mayors of all 
the municipalities in the authority located in the principal county 
of the authority, excluding the mayor of the principal 
municipality]; [and]
		(5)  one member, who is an elected official, appointed 
by a panel composed of[:
			[(A)]  the mayors of all municipalities in the 
authority [located outside the principal county of the authority], 
excluding the mayor of the principal municipality;
		(6)  one member, who has at least 10 years of experience 
as a financial or accounting professional, appointed by the 
metropolitan planning organization that serves the area in which 
the authority is located;
		(7)  one member, who has at least 10 years of experience 
in an executive-level position in a public or private organization, 
including a governmental entity, appointed by the metropolitan 
planning organization that serves the area in which the authority 
is located; and
		(8)  two members appointed by the metropolitan planning 
organization that serves the area in which the authority is 
located, if according to the most recent federal decennial census 
more than 35 percent of the population in the territory of the 
authority resides outside the principal municipality
			[(B)  the county judges of the counties having 
unincorporated area in the authority, excluding the county judge of 
the principal county; and
			[(C)  the presiding officer of each municipal 
utility district that:
				[(i)  has a majority of its territory 
located outside the principal county; and
				[(ii)  is located wholly or partly in the 
authority].    
	(b-1)  Notwithstanding Section 451.505, members of the board 
serve staggered three-year terms, with the terms of two or three 
members, as applicable, expiring June 1 of each year.
	(d)  A person appointed under Subsection (b)(1), (2)
[(b)(2), (3), (4)], or (5):
		(1)  must be a member of the governing body:                                  
			(A)  of the political subdivision that is entitled 
to make the appointment; or
			(B)  over which a member of the panel entitled to 
make an appointment presides;
		(2)  vacates the office of board member if the person 
ceases to be a member of the governing body described by Subdivision 
(1);
		(3)  serves on the board as an additional duty of the 
office held on the governing body described by Subdivision (1); and
		(4)  is not entitled to compensation for serving as a 
member of the board.  
	(d-1)  At least two members appointed under Subsections 
(b)(1), (6), and (7) must be qualified voters residing in the 
principal municipality.
	(d-2)  A person appointed under Subsection (b)(3) must:                 
		(1)  have the person's principal place of occupation or 
employment in:
			(A)  the principal municipality; or                                   
			(B)  the portion of the authority's service area 
that is located in the principal county; or
		(2)  be a qualified voter of:                                          
			(A)  the principal municipality; or                                   
			(B)  the portion of the authority's service area 
that is located in the principal county.
	(d-3)  A person appointed under Subsection (b)(4) must:                 
		(1)  have the person's principal place of occupation or 
employment in:
			(A)  the principal municipality; or                                   
			(B)  the portion of the authority's service area 
that is located in the county, other than the principal county, that 
has the largest population of the counties in the authority; or
		(2)  be a qualified voter of:                                          
			(A)  the principal municipality; or                                   
			(B)  the portion of the authority's service area 
that is located in the county, other than the principal county, that 
has the largest population of the counties in the authority.
	(e)  A panel appointing a member under Subsection (b)(5)
[this section] operates in the manner prescribed by Section 
451.503.
	(e-1)  A joint appointment to fill a vacancy in a position 
under Subsection (b)(3) or (4) shall be made not later than the 60th 
day after the date a position becomes vacant.
	SECTION 20.09.  Section 451.505(b), Transportation Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(b)  The terms of members of a board are staggered if the 
authority was[:
		[(1)]  created before 1980 and has a principal 
municipality with a population of less than 1.2 million[;  or
		[(2)  confirmed before July 1, 1985, and has a 
principal municipality with a population of less than 750,000].
	SECTION 20.10.  Subsections (g) and (h), Section 451.5021, 
Transportation Code, are repealed.
	SECTION 20.11.  (a)  This section applies only to a member of 
the board of a metropolitan rapid transit authority created before 
July 1, 1985, in which the principal municipality has a population 
of 750,000 or less.
	(b)  The term of a board member that is scheduled, under the 
law as it existed before the effective date of this Act, to expire:
		(1)  after the effective date of this Act but before 
January 1, 2010, is extended to December 31, 2009; and
		(2)  on or after January 1, 2010, expires on the date 
the term was scheduled to expire under this law as it existed before 
the effective date of this Act.
	(c)  As soon as practicable on or after the effective date of 
this Act, but not later than December 31, 2009, the persons and 
entities specified in Section 451.5021, Transportation Code, as 
amended by this Act, shall appoint the members of the board in 
compliance with that section, as amended, to serve terms that 
begin, as applicable and as subject to Subsection (d) of this 
section:
		(1)  January 1, 2010; or                                                      
		(2)  the day after a term expires under Subsection 
(b)(2) of this section.  
	(d)  A vacancy created because of the expiration of a term 
under Subsection (b) of this section is filled in the following 
manner:
		(1)  for a member appointed under Section 
451.5021(b)(1), Transportation Code, under the law as it existed 
before the effective date of this Act:
			(A)  one vacancy shall be filled by the appointing 
person or entity specified by Section 451.5021(b)(6), 
Transportation Code, as amended by this Act; and
			(B)  one vacancy shall be filled by the appointing 
person or entity specified by Section 451.5021(b)(7), 
Transportation Code, as amended by this Act;
		(2)  for a member appointed under Section 
451.5021(b)(2), Transportation Code, under the law as it existed 
before the effective date of this Act:
			(A)  one vacancy shall be filled by the appointing 
person or entity specified by Section 451.5021(b)(1), 
Transportation Code, as amended by this Act; and
			(B)  one vacancy shall be filled by the appointing 
person or entity specified by Section 451.5021(b)(2), 
Transportation Code, as amended by this Act;
		(3)  for a member appointed under Section 
451.5021(b)(3), Transportation Code, under the law as it existed 
before the effective date of this Act, the vacancy shall be filled 
by the appointing person or entity specified by Section 
451.5021(b)(3), Transportation Code, as amended by this Act;
		(4)  for a member appointed under Section 
451.5021(b)(4), Transportation Code, under the law as it existed 
before the effective date of this Act, the vacancy shall be filled 
by the appointing person or entity specified by Section 
451.5021(b)(5), Transportation Code, as amended by this Act; and
		(5)  for a member appointed under Section 
451.5021(b)(5), Transportation Code, under the law as it existed 
before the effective date of this Act, the vacancy shall be filled 
by the appointing person or entity specified by Section 
451.5021(b)(4), Transportation Code, as amended by this Act.
	(e)  The members of the board appointed under Subsection (c) 
of this section shall draw lots to determine which terms of two 
members expire June 1, 2011, which terms of two members expire June 
1, 2012, and which terms of three members expire June 1, 2013.
	(f)  As soon as practicable after the metropolitan planning 
organization specified by Section 451.5021(b)(8), Transportation 
Code, as added by this Act, determines that that subdivision 
applies to the metropolitan rapid transit authority, the 
metropolitan planning organization shall appoint:
		(1)  one member of the board of the authority for a term 
to expire June 1, 2011, or, if that date has passed, the following 
six-year anniversary of that date; and
		(2)  one member of the board of the authority for a term 
to expire June 1, 2013, or, if that date has passed, the following 
six-year anniversary of that date.