83R267 AJZ-D
By: Larson H.B. No. 118
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to voting eligibility requirements for members of a
metropolitan planning organization policy board.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 472, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 472.036 to read as follows:
Sec. 472.036. POLICY BOARD MEMBER VOTING ELIGIBILITY IN
CERTAIN COUNTIES. To be eligible to be a voting member of a
metropolitan planning organization policy board that serves a
county with a population of more than 1.7 million and in which more
than 75 percent of the population resides in a single municipality,
a member must be an elected official or a member of the board of a
metropolitan rapid transit authority under Chapter 451.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.