83R8664 VOO-F By: Gutierrez H.B. No. 3448 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the service of a presiding officer of certain metropolitan rapid transit authorities. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 451.506, Transportation Code, is amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows: (b) Except as provided by Subsection (c-1), an [An] individual may not serve more than eight years on the same board and may not be appointed to a term for which service to the completion of the term would exceed this limitation. This subsection applies only to a board of an authority: (1) in which the principal municipality has a population of more than 1.9 million or less than 320,000; or (2) created before 1980 and in which the principal municipality has a population of less than 1.9 million. (c-1) In an authority described by Subsection (b)(2), service by an individual as a presiding officer appointed under Section 451.502(e)(3) is not included in the limitation imposed under Subsection (b). 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, 2013.