Bill Text: TX SB1474 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the I-27 Advisory Committee.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-14 - Effective immediately [SB1474 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1474-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 1474 |
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relating to the I-27 Advisory Committee. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 201, Transportation Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 201.623 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 201.623. I-27 ADVISORY COMMITTEE. (a) In this | ||
section: | ||
(1) "Advisory committee" means the I-27 Advisory | ||
Committee established under this section. | ||
(2) "Feasibility study" means the study on the | ||
Ports-to-Plains Corridor conducted by the department as required by | ||
Chapter 756 (H.B. 1079), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 2019. | ||
(3) "Ports-to-Plains Corridor" means the highways | ||
designated as the Ports-to-Plains Corridor under Section 225.069. | ||
(b) The I-27 Advisory Committee is established to: | ||
(1) provide the department with information on | ||
concerns and interests along the Ports-to-Plains Corridor; and | ||
(2) advise the department on transportation | ||
improvements impacting the Ports-to-Plains Corridor. | ||
(c) The advisory committee is composed of: | ||
(1) 10 members, one of whom represents each of the | ||
following counties and is the county judge of the county or an | ||
elected county official or the administrator of the county road | ||
department designated by the county judge of the county: | ||
(A) Dallam County; | ||
(B) Howard County; | ||
(C) Lubbock County; | ||
(D) Midland County; | ||
(E) Moore County; | ||
(F) Potter County; | ||
(G) Sherman County; | ||
(H) Tom Green County; | ||
(I) Val Verde County; and | ||
(J) Webb County; | ||
(2) seven members, one of whom represents each of the | ||
following municipalities and is the mayor of the municipality or | ||
the city manager or an assistant city manager designated by the | ||
mayor of the municipality: | ||
(A) Amarillo; | ||
(B) Big Spring; | ||
(C) Del Rio; | ||
(D) Laredo; | ||
(E) Lubbock; | ||
(F) Midland; and | ||
(G) San Angelo; | ||
(3) three members who are economic development | ||
professionals, to be selected based on geographic segments that | ||
were established for the feasibility study; | ||
(4) one member who is a business representative from | ||
the agriculture industry; | ||
(5) one member who is a business representative from | ||
the international trade industry; and | ||
(6) one member who is a business representative from | ||
the energy industry. | ||
(d) The members of the advisory committee described by | ||
Subsection (c)(2) shall appoint the members of the advisory | ||
committee described by Subsections (c)(3), (4), (5), and (6) by | ||
majority vote. | ||
(e) An advisory committee member serves until the member: | ||
(1) ceases to hold the underlying position that | ||
qualifies the member for service on the committee; or | ||
(2) resigns. | ||
(f) A vacancy on the advisory committee is filled: | ||
(1) for a vacancy for a position qualified under | ||
Subsection (c)(1) or (2), by the person holding the elected | ||
position vacated by the former member or another person designated | ||
by the person holding the elected position vacated by the former | ||
member, in accordance with Subsection (c)(1) or (2), as applicable; | ||
and | ||
(2) for a vacancy for a position described by | ||
Subsection (c)(3), (4), (5), or (6), by majority vote of the | ||
advisory committee members described by Subsection (c)(2). | ||
(g) The advisory committee shall elect by majority vote of | ||
the committee: | ||
(1) a chair to serve as the committee's presiding | ||
officer; and | ||
(2) a vice-chair to serve as the committee's presiding | ||
officer in the absence of the chair. | ||
(h) The advisory committee shall meet at least twice each | ||
state fiscal year and at such other times as requested by the | ||
department or the chair. The advisory committee may meet remotely | ||
or by teleconference as determined by the chair or the department. | ||
(i) An advisory committee member is not entitled to receive | ||
compensation for service on the committee or reimbursement for | ||
expenses incurred in the performance of official duties as a member | ||
of the committee. | ||
(j) The commission may adopt rules to govern the operations | ||
of the committee that are consistent with existing commission rules | ||
and do not conflict with this section. | ||
(k) All advisory committee meetings, whether remote or in | ||
person, must be open to the public. | ||
(l) Chapter 2110, Government Code, does not apply to the | ||
advisory committee. | ||
SECTION 2. (a) The members of the I-27 Advisory Committee | ||
established under Section 201.623, Transportation Code, as added by | ||
this Act, described by Section 201.623(c)(2), Transportation Code, | ||
as added by this Act, shall make the appointments required by that | ||
section not later than October 1, 2021. | ||
(b) The I-27 Advisory Committee established under Section | ||
201.623, Transportation Code, as added by this Act, shall meet on or | ||
before the 30th day after the completion of appointments under | ||
Subsection (a) of this section. | ||
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, 2021. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1474 passed the Senate on | ||
April 23, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1474 passed the House on | ||
May 18, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 121, Nays 16, two | ||
present not voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |