84R11465 JTS-D
By: Pickett H.B. No. 2702
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an alternative composition of a board of directors of a
regional mobility authority.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 370, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 370.2516 to read as follows:
Sec. 370.2516. ALTERNATIVE BOARD COMPOSITION: COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS. As an alternative to the board composition under
Section 370.251(a), the commissioners courts of the counties of an
authority may, by a resolution approved by at least two-thirds of
the members of each of the commissioners courts, establish a board
of directors for the authority that is composed exclusively of
county commissioners appointed by each of the commissioners courts.
If a board is established under this section:
(1) except as provided by Subdivision (2), the
provisions of Section 370.251, other than Section 370.251(g)(1),
apply to the directors;
(2) the county commissioner directors shall choose a
director from among the directors to serve as the presiding officer
in lieu of the governor's appointee; and
(3) Sections 370.2515, 370.252, 370.2521, 370.2522,
370.2523, 370.253, 370.254, and 370.255 do not apply to the board.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.