84R30256 JTS-D
By: Huffines, et al. S.B. No. 1184
(Burkett)
Substitute the following for S.B. No. 1184: No.
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the governance of a regional mobility authority.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 370.182, Transportation Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) The commissioners courts of counties and governing
bodies of municipalities, as applicable, that participate in an
authority may, by a resolution approved by a majority of the members
of each of the commissioners courts or governing bodies, request an
audit of the authority by the state auditor.
SECTION 2. 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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.