85R5493 JRR-F
By: Klick H.B. No. 4099
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the withdrawal of a unit of election from certain
regional transportation authorities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 452.659, Transportation Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter and
except as otherwise provided by this subsection, in determining the
total financial obligation of a withdrawn unit of election to an
authority consisting of one subregion governed by a subregional
board created under Subchapter N, Subsection (a)(2) does not apply,
and the amounts calculated under Subsection (a)(1) do not include
any financial, contractual, or other obligations incurred by the
authority between the date that an election to withdraw is ordered
and the date of the canvass of the election. The subregional board
shall determine the total financial obligation of the withdrawn
unit of election not later than the 180th day after the date the
election is ordered and that determination applies to any election
that is held not later than 12 months after the date the board
certifies the amount of the total financial obligation of the
withdrawn unit of election. This subsection:
(1) applies to an election to withdraw that is ordered
before, on, or after September 1, 2015; and
(2) expires August 31, 2018.
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, 2017.