Texas 2019 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2561 Introduced / Bill

Filed 02/27/2019

                    86R10425 BEE-D
 By: Israel H.B. No. 2561


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the expansion of a fixed rail transit system by certain
 metropolitan rapid transit authorities.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 451.071(f), Transportation Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (f)  A referendum on a proposal to expand a system approved
 under this section is required only if [may be held on any date
 specified in Section 41.001, Election Code, or a date chosen by
 order of the board of the authority, provided that:
 [(1)     the referendum is held no earlier than the 62nd
 day after the date of the order; and
 [(2)]  the proposed expansion involves the addition of
 [not] more than 15 [12] miles of track to the system.
 SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.