By: Pickett H.B. No. 1921
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1921:
By: McClendon C.S.H.B. No. 1921
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the composition of a board of directors of a regional
mobility authority created by a municipality.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 370, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 370.2511 to read as follows:
Sec. 370.2511. BOARD OF DIRECTORS: CERTAIN AUTHORITIES. (a)
This section applies only to an authority created by a
municipality.
(b) The governing body of a municipality by order may
establish the governing body as the board of directors of an
authority.
(c) If the board of directors of an authority created by a
municipality consists of the members of the governing body of the
municipality, the presiding officers of the governing body of the
municipality are the presiding officers of the board.
(d) Each director of a board under this section has equal
status and may vote.
(e) The vote of a majority attending a board meeting is
necessary for any action taken by a board under this section. If a
vacancy exists on a board, the majority of directors serving on the
board is a quorum.
(f) The governing body of a municipality that becomes the
board of an existing authority under this section shall by
resolution provide for the transfer process that establishes the
governing body as the board of the authority.
(g) If the board of directors of an authority created by a
municipality consists of the members of the governing body of the
municipality, Sections 370.251, 370.2515, 370.252, 370.2521,
370.2522, 370.2523, 370.253, 370.254, 370.255 do not apply to the
board.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.