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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to voting eligibility requirements for members of a |
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metropolitan planning organization policy board. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 472, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 472.036 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 472.036. POLICY BOARD MEMBER VOTING ELIGIBILITY IN |
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CERTAIN COUNTIES. To be eligible to be a voting member of a |
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metropolitan planning organization policy board that serves a |
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county with a population of more than 1.7 million and in which more |
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than 75 percent of the population resides in a single municipality, |
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a member must be an elected official. |
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SECTION 2. This Act take effect September 1, 2013. |