81R1410 JTS-D
By: Leibowitz H.B. No. 15
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the participation of certain metropolitan planning
organization policy board members in votes of the board related to
certain toll projects.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 371, Transportation Code,
as added by Chapter 103 (H.B. 570), Acts of the 80th Legislature,
Regular Session, 2007, is amended by adding Section 371.002 to read
as follows:
Sec. 371.002. METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION APPROVAL
OF TOLL PROJECTS. A member of the policy board of a metropolitan
planning organization may not participate in a vote of the board to
approve the construction of a new toll project or the conversion of
a nontolled project to a toll project unless the member is an
elected official.
SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 372, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 372.002 to read as follows:
Sec. 372.002. METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION APPROVAL
OF TOLL PROJECTS. A member of the policy board of a metropolitan
planning organization may not participate in a vote of the board to
approve the construction of a new toll project or the conversion of
a nontolled project to a toll project unless the member is an
elected official.
SECTION 3. (a) Section 1 of this Act takes effect only if
the Act of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, relating to
nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in existing codes does
not become law. If the Act of the 81st Legislature, Regular
Session, 2009, relating to nonsubstantive additions to and
corrections in existing codes becomes law, Section 1 of this Act has
no effect.
(b) Section 2 of this Act takes effect only if the Act of the
81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, relating to
nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in existing codes
becomes law. If the Act of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session,
2009, relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in
existing codes does not become law, Section 2 of this Act has no
effect.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.