By: Morales of Maverick H.B. No. 5246
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the creation of the Maverick County Regional Mobility
  Authority; authorizing a fee.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 370, Transportation Code, is amended by
  adding Subchapter L to read as follows:
  SUBCHAPTER L. MAVERICK COUNTY REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITY
         Sec. 370.451.  DEFINITION.  In this subchapter, "member
  county" means Maverick County
         Sec. 370.452.  NATURE OF AUTHORITY. (a)  The Maverick County
  Regional Mobility Authority is an authority organized under this
  chapter.
         (b)  A provision of this chapter that requires the commission
  to approve the creation of an authority does not apply to the
  Maverick County Regional Mobility Authority.
         Sec. 370.453.  CONFLICTS WITH OTHER SUBCHAPTERS. In the
  case of a conflict between this subchapter and other provisions of
  this chapter or other law governing regional mobility authorities,
  this subchapter controls.
         Sec. 370.454.  MEMBER COUNTIES.  (a)  The Maverick County
  Regional Mobility Authority initially includes the following
  county:
               (1)  Maverick County;
         Sec. 370.455.  BOARD OF DIRECTORS; TERMS.  (a)  The governing
  body of the Maverick County Regional Mobility Authority is a board
  of directors consisting of three representatives from the member
  county.
         (b)  The commissioners court of the member county shall
  appoint one director to serve on the board.
         (c)  The board shall elect either the director representing
  Maverick County or the director of a future participating county as
  the presiding officer. A director may not serve as presiding
  officer for more than two consecutive years.
         (d)  Directors serve two-year terms, with as near as possible
  to one-half of the directors' terms expiring on February 1 of each
  year.
         Sec. 370.456.  INITIAL DIRECTORS.  (a)  Of the initial
  directors, the terms of directors appointed to represent the
  participating county expire February 1, 2025.
         (b)  Section 370.455(d) does not apply to an initial
  director.
         (c)  This section expires September 1, 2027.
         (c)  This section expires September 1, 2027.
         SECTION 2.  Sections 502.402(a) and (b-1), Transportation
  Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to:
               (1)  a county that:
                     (A)  borders the United Mexican States; and
                     (B)  has a population of more than 250,000; [and]
               (2)  a county that has a population of more than 1.5
  million that is coterminous with a regional mobility authority; and
               (3)  a member county of the Maverick County Regional
  Mobility Authority, as established under Subchapter L, Chapter 370.
         (b-1)  The commissioners court of a county described by
  Subsection (a)(1) or (2) [(a)] with a population of less than
  700,000 may increase the additional fee to an amount that does not
  exceed $20 if approved by a majority of the qualified voters of the
  county voting on the issue at a referendum election, which the
  commissioners court may order and hold for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect January 1, 2024, but only
  if the constitutional amendment proposed by the 88th Legislature,
  Regular Session, 2023, to authorize the creation of a regional
  mobility authority by local law is approved by the voters.  If that
  constitutional amendment is not approved by the voters, this Act
  has no effect.