81R12747 JAM-D
By: Davis of Dallas H.B. No. 3531
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the policy board of metropolitan planning
organizations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 472, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 472.0311 to read as follows:
Sec. 472.0311. POLICY BOARD MEMBERSHIP. At least one
member of the policy board of a metropolitan planning organization
must be a member of the legislature.
SECTION 2. 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, 2009.