S.B. No. 970
AN ACT
relating to the qualifications required of the executive director
of the Texas Department of Transportation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 201.301, Transportation
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a) The commission shall elect an executive director for the
department. The director must be [a registered professional
engineer in this state and] experienced and skilled in
transportation planning and[,] development[, construction,] and in
organizational management [maintenance].
SECTION 2. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies
only to a person elected by the Texas Transportation Commission as
the executive director of the Texas Department of Transportation on
or after the effective date of this Act.
(b) The change in law made by this Act does not affect the
right of the person serving as the executive director of the Texas
Department of Transportation on the effective date of this Act to
continue to serve as the executive director of that department.
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.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 970 passed the Senate on
April 6, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays 4.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 970 passed the House on
May 27, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 1, one
present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor