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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the creation of the Maverick County Regional Mobility |
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Authority; authorizing a fee. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 370, Transportation Code, is amended by |
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adding Subchapter L to read as follows: |
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SUBCHAPTER L. MAVERICK COUNTY REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITY |
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Sec. 370.451. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "member |
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county" means Maverick County |
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Sec. 370.452. NATURE OF AUTHORITY. (a) The Maverick County |
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Regional Mobility Authority is an authority organized under this |
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chapter. |
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(b) A provision of this chapter that requires the commission |
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to approve the creation of an authority does not apply to the |
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Maverick County Regional Mobility Authority. |
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Sec. 370.453. CONFLICTS WITH OTHER SUBCHAPTERS. In the |
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case of a conflict between this subchapter and other provisions of |
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this chapter or other law governing regional mobility authorities, |
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this subchapter controls. |
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Sec. 370.454. MEMBER COUNTIES. (a) The Maverick County |
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Regional Mobility Authority initially includes the following |
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county: |
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(1) Maverick County; |
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Sec. 370.455. BOARD OF DIRECTORS; TERMS. (a) The governing |
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body of the Maverick County Regional Mobility Authority is a board |
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of directors consisting of three representatives from the member |
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county. |
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(b) The commissioners court of the member county shall |
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appoint one director to serve on the board. |
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(c) The board shall elect either the director representing |
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Maverick County or the director of a future participating county as |
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the presiding officer. A director may not serve as presiding |
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officer for more than two consecutive years. |
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(d) Directors serve two-year terms, with as near as possible |
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to one-half of the directors' terms expiring on February 1 of each |
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year. |
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Sec. 370.456. INITIAL DIRECTORS. (a) Of the initial |
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directors, the terms of directors appointed to represent the |
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participating county expire February 1, 2025. |
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(b) Section 370.455(d) does not apply to an initial |
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director. |
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(c) This section expires September 1, 2027. |
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(c) This section expires September 1, 2027. |
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SECTION 2. Sections 502.402(a) and (b-1), Transportation |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) This section applies only to: |
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(1) a county that: |
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(A) borders the United Mexican States; and |
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(B) has a population of more than 250,000; [and] |
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(2) a county that has a population of more than 1.5 |
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million that is coterminous with a regional mobility authority; and |
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(3) a member county of the Maverick County Regional |
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Mobility Authority, as established under Subchapter L, Chapter 370. |
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(b-1) The commissioners court of a county described by |
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Subsection (a)(1) or (2) [(a)] with a population of less than |
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700,000 may increase the additional fee to an amount that does not |
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exceed $20 if approved by a majority of the qualified voters of the |
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county voting on the issue at a referendum election, which the |
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commissioners court may order and hold for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2024, but only |
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if the constitutional amendment proposed by the 88th Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 2023, to authorize the creation of a regional |
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mobility authority by local law is approved by the voters. If that |
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constitutional amendment is not approved by the voters, this Act |
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has no effect. |