By: Guillen (Senate Sponsor - Williams) H.B. No. 423
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 18, 2011;
April 20, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on
Transportation and Homeland Security; May 13, 2011, reported
favorably by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 13, 2011,
sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the powers of rural and urban transit districts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 458.011, Transportation Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 458.011. ADDITIONAL POWERS OF RURAL OR URBAN TRANSIT
DISTRICT. (a) A rural or urban transit district may contract with
any governmental agency or private person, firm, or corporation
for:
(1) the use by either party to the contract of all or
any part of a facility, structure, interest in land, air right over
land, or right-of-way that is owned, leased, or held by the other
party; or
(2) the purpose of planning, constructing, or
operating a facility or performing a service that the rural transit
district is authorized to operate or perform.
(b) The governing body of a rural or urban transit district
by resolution may adopt rules for the safe and efficient operation
and maintenance of the transit district's transportation system,
except that the rules may not relate to Subchapter H, Chapter 411,
Government Code.
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, 2011.
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