Bill Text: TX HB118 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to voting eligibility requirements for members of a metropolitan planning organization policy board.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-05 - Left pending in committee [HB118 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB118-Introduced.html
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| By: Larson | H.B. No. 118 | |
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| relating to voting eligibility requirements for members of a | ||
| metropolitan planning organization policy board. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 472, Transportation Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 472.036 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 472.036. POLICY BOARD MEMBER VOTING ELIGIBILITY IN | ||
| CERTAIN COUNTIES. To be eligible to be a voting member of a | ||
| metropolitan planning organization policy board that serves a | ||
| county with a population of more than 1.7 million and in which more | ||
| than 75 percent of the population resides in a single municipality, | ||
| a member must be an elected official or a member of the board of a | ||
| metropolitan rapid transit authority under Chapter 451. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
