Bill Text: TX HB2536 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the composition of certain regional transportation authority subregional boards.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB2536 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2536-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2536 |
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relating to the composition of certain regional transportation | ||
authority subregional boards. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 452.541, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 452.541. BOARD MEMBERSHIP: RESIDENCY IN AUTHORITY. | ||
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a [ |
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subregional board must be a qualified voter residing in the | ||
authority. | ||
(b) An individual who does not reside in the authority may | ||
be appointed to the board under Section 452.562(c)(1) if the | ||
individual is a qualified voter of and resides in a municipality | ||
that: | ||
(1) has entered into a contract with the authority to | ||
receive services; and | ||
(2) has adopted a sales tax to participate in the | ||
funding of a transportation project being planned, developed, or | ||
operated by the authority. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 452.562, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (g) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(c) If Subsection (b) does not apply, the subregional board | ||
shall be appointed as follows: | ||
(1) the commissioners court of the county of the | ||
principal municipality shall appoint at least one member to | ||
represent: | ||
(A) the unincorporated areas and municipalities | ||
in the county that are not otherwise represented on the subregional | ||
board; and | ||
(B) the municipalities that have entered into a | ||
contract with the authority to receive services; and | ||
(2) the remaining members shall be apportioned to the | ||
municipalities confirmed as all or part of the subregion according | ||
to the ratio that the population of each unit of election bears to | ||
the total population of the area confirmed as the subregion. | ||
(g) An elected officer of the state or a political | ||
subdivision of this state who is not prohibited by the Texas | ||
Constitution from serving on the board is eligible, as an | ||
additional duty of office, to serve on the board. An elected | ||
officer who is a board member is not entitled to receive | ||
compensation for serving as a member but is entitled to | ||
reimbursement for reasonable expenses incurred in performing | ||
duties as a member. | ||
SECTION 3. 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, 2013. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 2536 was passed by the House on April | ||
25, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 136, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2536 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
15, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |