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Amend HB 205 as follows:
(1)  On page 1, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
(c)  This section does not affect:
(1)  the boundaries of an emergency services district that contains territory within the boundaries of a federal military installation on the effective date of this section;
(2)  the authority of that emergency services district to continue to impose a sales and use tax in the entire territory of the district; or
(3)  the duty of that emergency services district to provide services in the entire territory of the district.
(2)  Strike SECTIONS 2 and 3 of the bill (page 1, line 18, through page 2, line 4) and substitute the following:
SECTION 2.  Section 453.051, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c)  The jurisdiction of a transit department created by a municipality with a population of more than 500,000 that borders the United Mexican States does not include any territory within the boundaries of a federal military installation that is located in that municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction.
SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect July 1, 2011, if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for effect on that date, this Act takes effect October 1, 2011.