Bill Text: TX HB499 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled


Bill Title: Relating to the public transportation advisory committee.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Vetoed) 2015-06-20 - Vetoed by the Governor [HB499 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB499-Enrolled.html
 
 
  H.B. No. 499
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the public transportation advisory committee.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 455.004(b) and (c), Transportation
  Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (b)  The members of the committee shall be appointed by the
  governor, the lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
  representatives, who shall each appoint:
               (1)  one member who represents a diverse cross-section
  of public transportation providers and may be employed by a transit
  provider or organization representing transit providers;
               (2)  one member who represents a diverse cross-section
  of transportation users and may not be employed by a transit
  provider or organization representing transit providers; and
               (3)  one member who represents the general public and
  who may be on the staff of a metropolitan planning organization or
  rural transportation planning organization but may not be employed
  by a transit provider or organization representing transit
  providers.
         (c)  Members serve for staggered terms of six years, with the
  terms of three members expiring on February 1 of each odd-numbered
  year. A vacancy on the committee shall be filled in the same manner
  as the original appointment for that position  [A member serves at
  the pleasure of the officer who appointed the member].  A member is
  not entitled to compensation for service on the committee but is
  entitled to reimbursement for reasonable expenses the member incurs
  in performing committee duties.
         SECTION 2.  (a) The terms of the public transportation
  advisory committee members serving on the effective date of this
  Act expire January 31, 2017.
         (b)  The changes in law made by this Act to Section
  455.004(b), Transportation Code, apply only to a member of the
  public transportation advisory committee with a term beginning on
  or after the effective date of this Act. A member of the public
  transportation advisory committee with a term beginning before the
  effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect
  immediately before that date, and the former law is continued in
  effect for that purpose.
         (c)  Notwithstanding the changes in law made by this Act, a
  member of the public transportation advisory committee with a term
  beginning before the effective date of this Act may be reappointed
  to the committee under Section 455.004, Transportation Code.
         (d)  The governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of the
  house of representatives each shall appoint three members to the
  committee, in accordance with Section 455.004, Transportation
  Code, as amended by this Act, for terms beginning February 1, 2017,
  with one member having a term expiring February 1, 2019, one member
  having a term expiring February 1, 2021, and one member having a
  term expiring February 1, 2023.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 499 was passed by the House on May 4,
  2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 138, Nays 0, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 499 was passed by the Senate on May
  22, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor       
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