S.B. No. 530
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the licensing of vehicles for hire and passenger
  transportation services by certain airport governing boards;
  authorizing the imposition of fees; expanding the authorization to
  require an occupational license; amending a provision subject to a
  criminal penalty.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 22.081, Transportation Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         Sec. 22.081.  [TAXICAB] LICENSING OF VEHICLES FOR HIRE AND
  PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.  (a)  A joint board may license
  taxicabs transporting passengers to or from the airport and impose
  fees for issuing the licenses.
         (b)  A joint board for which the constituent agencies are
  populous home-rule municipalities may:
               (1)  license vehicles for hire, including taxicabs, and
  passenger transportation services providing services to or from the
  airport for compensation; and
               (2)  impose fees for issuing the licenses.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately 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 immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 530 passed the Senate on
  April 9, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that
  the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 28, 2015, by the
  following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 530 passed the House, with
  amendment, on May 24, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 132,
  Nays 9, three present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor