Bill Text: TX SB336 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the composition of certain regional planning commissions.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-02 - Referred to Intergovernmental Relations [SB336 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB336-Introduced.html
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| By: Gallegos | S.B. No. 336 | |
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| relating to the composition of certain regional planning | ||
| commissions. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 391.003, Local Government Code, is | ||
| amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (a) Except as provided by Subsection (a-1), any [ |
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| combination of counties or municipalities or of counties and | ||
| municipalities may agree, by ordinance, resolution, rule, order, or | ||
| other means, to establish a commission. | ||
| (a-1) A county with a population of 3.3 million or more: | ||
| (1) may agree to establish a commission as provided by | ||
| Subsection (a) only with municipalities located wholly or partly in | ||
| the county; and | ||
| (2) may not establish a commission with another | ||
| county. | ||
| SECTION 2. Not later than November 1, 2011, any county | ||
| described by Section 391.003(a-1), Local Government Code, as added | ||
| by this Act, participating in a regional planning commission that | ||
| does not comply with Section 391.003(a-1), Local Government Code, | ||
| as added by this Act, shall withdraw from the commission. | ||
| 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, 2011. | ||
