84R12429 JRR-D
By: Hancock S.B. No. 1511
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the establishment and governance of certain regional
transportation authorities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 452.502(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) The executive committee of a regional transportation
authority confirmed in more than one subregion is composed of 11
members selected as follows:
(1) seven members from the membership of the
subregional board in the subregion that has [containing] a
principal municipality with [having] a population of more than 1.1
million according to the most recent federal decennial census
[800,000]; and
(2) four members from the membership of the
subregional board in the subregion that has no principal
municipality with a population of more than 1.1 million according
to the most recent federal decennial census [800,000].
SECTION 2. The heading to Subchapter N, Chapter 452,
Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER N. SUBREGIONAL BOARD IN AUTHORITY HAVING NO MUNICIPALITY
WITH POPULATION OF MORE THAN 1.1 MILLION [800,000]
SECTION 3. Section 452.561, Transportation Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 452.561. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter
applies only to the board of a subregion that has no principal
municipality with a population of more than 1.1 million according
to the most recent federal decennial census [800,000].
SECTION 4. The heading to Subchapter O, Chapter 452,
Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER O. SUBREGIONAL BOARD IN SUBREGION HAVING PRINCIPAL
MUNICIPALITY WITH POPULATION OF MORE THAN 1.1 MILLION [800,000]
SECTION 5. Section 452.571, Transportation Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 452.571. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter
applies only to the board of a subregion that has a principal
municipality with a population of more than 1.1 million according
to the most recent federal decennial census [800,000].
SECTION 6. Sections 452.605(a) and (b), Transportation
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) A municipality with [having] a population of at least
250,000 according to the most recent [preceding] federal decennial
census and located in a county that has no principal municipality
with a population of more than 1.1 million [800,000] according to
the most recent [preceding] federal decennial census may join a
separate authority by complying with this chapter.
(b) If a municipality described by Subsection (a) joins a
separate authority and another separate authority is subsequently
established in a county that has no principal municipality with a
[of more than 800,000] population of more than 1.1 million
according to the most recent [preceding] federal decennial census,
any municipality in that county that has voted to participate with
any authority created under this chapter may at the time of the
creation of the new authority:
(1) remain in the authority that was created first;
(2) join the new authority in the county in which the
municipality is located; or
(3) participate with both authorities.
SECTION 7. Section 452.710(b), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) The interim subregional board of a subregion that has no
principal municipality with a population of more than 1.1 million
according to the most recent federal decennial census [800,000] is
composed of nine members appointed as provided by Section
452.562(b).
SECTION 8. Section 452.712(d), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(d) In a subregion that has no principal municipality with a
population of more than 1.1 million according to the most recent
federal decennial census [800,000], the tax rate must be approved
by the commissioners court before the confirmation election.
SECTION 9. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.