Bill Text: TX SR1219 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 1112.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-05-28 - Reported enrolled [SR1219 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SR1219-Enrolled.html
By: Nichols | S.R. No. 1219 |
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BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, 82nd | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, That Senate Rule 12.03 be | ||
suspended in part as provided by Senate Rule 12.08 to enable the | ||
conference committee appointed to resolve the differences on | ||
House Bill 1112 (authority and powers of regional mobility | ||
authorities) to consider and take action on the following matter: | ||
Senate Rule 12.03(4) is suspended to permit the committee | ||
to add text on a matter which is not included in either the house | ||
or senate version of the bill by adding the following section to | ||
the bill: | ||
SECTION 16. Subchapter H, Chapter 370, Transportation | ||
Code, is amended by adding Section 370.333 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 370.333. VOLUNTARY DISSOLUTION OF AUTHORITY | ||
GOVERNED BY GOVERNING BODY OF MUNICIPALITY. In addition to the | ||
requirements of Section 370.331, an authority governed under | ||
Section 370.2511 may not be dissolved unless: | ||
(1) the dissolution is approved by a vote of at | ||
least two-thirds of the members of the governing body; | ||
(2) all debts, obligations, and liabilities of the | ||
authority have been paid and discharged or adequate provision has | ||
been made for the payment of all debts, obligations, and | ||
liabilities; | ||
(3) there are no suits pending against the | ||
authority, or adequate provision has been made for the | ||
satisfaction of any judgment, order, or decree that may be | ||
entered against it in any pending suit; and | ||
(4) the authority has commitments from other | ||
governmental entities to assume jurisdiction of all authority | ||
transportation facilities. | ||
Explanation: This change is necessary to enact additional | ||
requirements for the voluntary dissolution of a regional | ||
mobility authority governed by the governing body of a | ||
municipality. | ||
_______________________________ | ||
President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on May 28, 2011. | ||
_______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate |