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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the establishment and governance of certain regional |
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transportation authorities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 452.502(a), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The executive committee of a regional transportation |
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authority confirmed in more than one subregion is composed of 11 |
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members selected as follows: |
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(1) seven members from the membership of the |
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subregional board in the subregion that has [containing] a |
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principal municipality with [having] a population of more than 1.1 |
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million according to the most recent federal decennial census |
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[800,000]; and |
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(2) four members from the membership of the |
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subregional board in the subregion that has no principal |
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municipality with a population of more than 1.1 million according |
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to the most recent federal decennial census [800,000]. |
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SECTION 2. The heading to Subchapter N, Chapter 452, |
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Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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SUBCHAPTER N. SUBREGIONAL BOARD IN AUTHORITY HAVING NO MUNICIPALITY |
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WITH POPULATION OF MORE THAN 1.1 MILLION [800,000] |
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SECTION 3. Section 452.561, Transportation Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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Sec. 452.561. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter |
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applies only to the board of a subregion that has no principal |
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municipality with a population of more than 1.1 million according |
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to the most recent federal decennial census [800,000]. |
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SECTION 4. The heading to Subchapter O, Chapter 452, |
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Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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SUBCHAPTER O. SUBREGIONAL BOARD IN SUBREGION HAVING PRINCIPAL |
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MUNICIPALITY WITH POPULATION OF MORE THAN 1.1 MILLION [800,000] |
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SECTION 5. Section 452.571, Transportation Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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Sec. 452.571. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter |
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applies only to the board of a subregion that has a principal |
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municipality with a population of more than 1.1 million according |
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to the most recent federal decennial census [800,000]. |
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SECTION 6. Sections 452.605(a) and (b), Transportation |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A municipality with [having] a population of at least |
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250,000 according to the most recent [preceding] federal decennial |
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census and located in a county that has no principal municipality |
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with a population of more than 1.1 million [800,000] according to |
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the most recent [preceding] federal decennial census may join a |
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separate authority by complying with this chapter. |
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(b) If a municipality described by Subsection (a) joins a |
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separate authority and another separate authority is subsequently |
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established in a county that has no principal municipality with a |
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[of more than 800,000] population of more than 1.1 million |
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according to the most recent [preceding] federal decennial census, |
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any municipality in that county that has voted to participate with |
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any authority created under this chapter may at the time of the |
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creation of the new authority: |
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(1) remain in the authority that was created first; |
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(2) join the new authority in the county in which the |
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municipality is located; or |
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(3) participate with both authorities. |
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SECTION 7. Section 452.710(b), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The interim subregional board of a subregion that has no |
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principal municipality with a population of more than 1.1 million |
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according to the most recent federal decennial census [800,000] is |
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composed of nine members appointed as provided by Section |
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452.562(b). |
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SECTION 8. Section 452.712(d), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(d) In a subregion that has no principal municipality with a |
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population of more than 1.1 million according to the most recent |
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federal decennial census [800,000], the tax rate must be approved |
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by the commissioners court before the confirmation election. |
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SECTION 9. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |