81R9620 PAM-D
By: Gallegos S.B. No. 1471
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
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 [Any]
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, 2009, 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, 2009.