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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the operation of metropolitan rapid transit |
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authorities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 451.110(c), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(c) Subsection (a) does not apply to a contract for: |
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(1) an amount less than or equal to the simplified |
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acquisition threshold as defined by the Federal Acquisition |
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Regulation (48 C.F.R. Section 2.101) or a successor regulation |
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[$50,000 or less]; |
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(2) the purchase of real property; |
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(3) personal or professional services; or |
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(4) the acquisition of an existing transit system. |
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SECTION 2. Section 451.111(a), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Except as provided by Subchapter Q, unless the posting |
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requirement in Subsection (b) is satisfied, a board may not let a |
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contract that is: |
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(1) for more than the simplified acquisition threshold |
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as defined by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (48 C.F.R. Section |
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2.101) or a successor regulation [$50,000]; and |
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(2) for: |
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(A) the purchase of real property; or |
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(B) consulting or professional services. |
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SECTION 3. Section 451.133(a), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) An authority may not spend for capital improvements |
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money in excess of the total amounts [amount] allocated for major |
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capital expenditures in the current and preceding annual budgets of |
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the authority [budget]. |
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SECTION 4. Section 451.362, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (e) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter and |
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except as provided by Subsections (c), [and] (d), and (e), the |
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board, by order or resolution, may issue bonds that are secured by |
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revenue or taxes of the authority if the bonds: |
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(1) have a term of not more than 12 months; and |
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(2) are payable only from revenue or taxes received on |
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or after the date of their issuance and before the end of the fiscal |
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year following the fiscal year in which the bonds are issued. |
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(e) In an authority confirmed before July 1, 1985, in which |
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the principal municipality has a population of less than one |
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million, bonds may have a term of not more than 15 years. The bonds |
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are payable only from revenue received on or after the date the |
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bonds are issued. |
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SECTION 5. Sections 451.455(h) and (i), Transportation |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(h) The number of accidents per 100,000 miles is computed by |
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multiplying the annual number of accidents by 100,000 and dividing |
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the product by the number of miles for all service, including |
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charter and nonrevenue service, [directly operated by the
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authority] for the same period. In this subsection, "accident" |
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includes: |
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(1) a collision that involves an authority's revenue |
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vehicle, other than a lawfully parked revenue vehicle, and that |
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results in property damage, injury, or death; and |
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(2) an incident that results in the injury or death of |
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a person on board or boarding or alighting from an authority's |
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revenue vehicle. |
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(i) The number of miles between mechanical road calls is |
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computed by dividing the annual number of miles for all service |
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[directly operated by an authority], including charter and |
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nonrevenue service, by the number of mechanical road calls for the |
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same period. In this subsection, "mechanical road call" means an |
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interruption in revenue service that is caused by revenue vehicle |
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equipment failure that requires assistance from a person other than |
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the vehicle operator before the vehicle can be operated normally. |
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SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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