Bill Text: TX HB2921 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Relating to the composition and governance of a regional tollway authority.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-05-15 - No action taken in committee [HB2921 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB2921-Engrossed.html

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By: Orr H.B. No. 2921

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the composition and governance of a regional tollway
authority.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 366.031, Transportation Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) A county that is not part of an authority and in which an
authority turnpike project is located becomes part of the authority
on the date the authority determines that:
(1) recorded electronic toll collections at toll
assessment facilities located in the county are not less than four
percent of all recorded electronic toll collections on all of the
authority's turnpike projects; and
(2) the population of the county is at least four
percent of the aggregate population of all the counties of the
authority.
SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 366, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 366.0311 to read as follows:
Sec. 366.0311. ADVISORY BOARD FOR CERTAIN PROJECTS. (a) An
authority shall create an advisory board to advise the board of
directors on matters related to projects located outside the
authority.
(b) The advisory board is composed of:
(1) the director appointed by the governor;
(2) an additional director appointed by the presiding
officer of the board of directors as the presiding officer deems
appropriate; and
(3) one member from each county that is not part of the
authority and in which a project is located appointed by the
commissioners court of that county.
(c) The board of directors may not make a decision that is
inconsistent with a recommendation of an advisory board unless the
board of directors issues a statement in writing addressing the
advisory board's recommendation.
(d) An advisory board member appointed under Subsection
(b)(3) is not a director of the authority for the purposes of
Section 366.251 or any other purpose.
(e) The board of directors may adopt rules governing the
operation and duties of an advisory board.
SECTION 3. Section 366.161, Transportation Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 366.161. TURNPIKE PROJECTS EXTENDING INTO OTHER
COUNTIES. An authority may acquire, construct, operate, maintain,
expand, or extend a turnpike project in:
(1) a county that is a part of the authority; or
(2) subject to Section 366.031(e), a county in which
the authority operates or is constructing a turnpike project if the
turnpike project in the affected county is a continuation of the
authority's turnpike project or system extending from an adjacent
county.
SECTION 4. Section 366.251(c), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) In addition to directors appointed by a commissioners
court under Subsection (b), the commissioners courts of each county
that created the authority under Section 366.031 [of the authority]
shall appoint one additional director [if the county is:
[(1) a county that created the authority under Section
366.031; or
[(2) a county in which all or part of a turnpike
project of not less than 10 centerline miles in length is located
and has been open for use by the traveling public for at least three
years].
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.