82R10435 TRH-D
By: Lucio S.B. No. 1155
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the appointment of a person with experience and
training in public health policy to the board of directors of a
regional mobility authority.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 370.251, Transportation Code, is amended
by amending Subsection (h) and adding Subsection (a-2) to read as
follows:
(a-2) The commissioners courts of each county participating
in the authority by agreement, or the governing body of a
municipality that created an authority, shall appoint a person with
experience and training in public health policy to serve as a
nonvoting director. The nonvoting director appointed under this
subsection shall provide the board with an assessment of the public
health impact of each proposed transportation project of the
authority.
(h) Each director other than the director described by
Subsection (a-2) has equal status and may vote.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.