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1	1	S.B. No. 581
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4	4	AN ACT
5	5	relating to intermunicipal commuter rail districts.
6	6	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
7	7	SECTION 1. Subsection (c), Section 2, Article 6550c-1,
8	8	Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
9	9	(c) The following political subdivisions and other public
10	10	entities may become a part of a district created under Subsection
11	11	(b) of this section with the approval of the governing body of the
12	12	political subdivision or public entity:
13	13	(1) a county located adjacent to a county in which a
14	14	creating municipality is located; [and]
15	15	(2) a municipality with a population of more than
16	16	18,000 located in a county described by Subdivision (1) of this
17	17	subsection; and
18	18	(3) a public entity located in a county that has become
19	19	a part of the district.
20	20	SECTION 2. Section 3, Article 6550c-1, Revised Statutes, is
21	21	amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (i) to
22	22	read as follows:
23	23	(b) The board is composed of the following members:
24	24	(1) two public members appointed by the commission;
25	25	(2) one elected member of the governing body of each
26	26	political subdivision that has become a part of the district under
27	27	Section 2 of this article;
28	28	(3) one elected member appointed by the regional
29	29	planning organization of which a creating municipality is a part;
30	30	(4) one member appointed by each creating municipality
31	31	to represent the business community of the municipality;
32	32	(5) one member appointed by each authority created
33	33	under Chapter 451, Transportation Code, that serves a creating
34	34	municipality;
35	35	(6) one member appointed by each county in which a
36	36	creating municipality is located to represent transportation
37	37	providers that provide service to rural areas in the county; [and]
38	38	(7) one member appointed by each public entity that
39	39	has become a part of the district under Section 2 of this article;
40	40	and
41	41	(8) one member appointed by all other board members to
42	42	represent all municipalities in the district that do not otherwise
43	43	have representation on the board and who shall be an elected
44	44	official of one of those municipalities.
45	45	(i) The board shall adopt a name for the district and may by
46	46	resolution change the name of the district.
47	47	SECTION 3. Subsection (e), Section 4, Article 6550c-1,
48	48	Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
49	49	(e) A district may acquire, construct, develop, own,
50	50	operate, and maintain intermodal and commuter rail facilities, or
51	51	intercity or other types of passenger rail services, inside, or
52	52	connect political subdivisions in, the district. For these
53	53	purposes and with the consent of any municipality, county, or other
54	54	political subdivision, the district may use streets, alleys, roads,
55	55	highways, and other public ways of any municipality, county, or
56	56	other political subdivision and may relocate, raise, reroute,
57	57	change the grade of, or alter, at the expense of the district, the
58	58	construction of any street, alley, highway, road, railroad,
59	59	electric lines and facilities, telegraph and telephone properties
60	60	and facilities, pipelines and facilities, conduits and facilities,
61	61	and other properties, whether publicly or privately owned, as
62	62	necessary or useful in the construction, reconstruction, repair,
63	63	maintenance, and operation of the system. A district may not use or
64	64	alter a road or highway in the state highway system without the
65	65	permission of the commission or a railroad without permission of
66	66	the railroad. A district may at its discretion acquire by purchase
67	67	any interest in real property for the acquisition, construction, or
68	68	operation of any commuter rail facility on terms and at a price as
69	69	agreed to between the district and the owner. The governing body of
70	70	any municipality, county, other political subdivision, or public
71	71	agency may make conveyance of title or rights and easements to any
72	72	property needed by the district to effect its purposes in
73	73	connection with the acquisition, construction, or operation of the
74	74	system.
75	75	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
76	76	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
77	77	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
78	78	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
79	79	Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
80	80	______________________________ ______________________________
81	81	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
82	82	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 581 passed the Senate on
83	83	March 19, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
84	84	______________________________
85	85	Secretary of the Senate
86	86	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 581 passed the House on
87	87	May 27, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, one
88	88	present not voting.
89	89	______________________________
90	90	Chief Clerk of the House
91	91	Approved:
92	92	______________________________
93	93	Date
94	94	______________________________
95	95	Governor