87R9958 JAM-D
By: Schwertner S.B. No. 1174
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to gubernatorial appointments to the board of directors of
certain regional mobility authorities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 370.251(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (a-1), the governing
body of an authority is a board of directors consisting of
representatives of each county in which a transportation project of
the authority is located or is proposed to be located. The
commissioners court of each county that initially forms the
authority shall appoint at least two directors to the
board. Additional directors may be appointed to the board at the
time of initial formation by agreement of the counties creating the
authority to ensure fair representation of political subdivisions
in the counties of the authority that will be affected by a
transportation project of the authority, provided that the number
of directors must be an odd number. The commissioners court of a
county that is subsequently added to the authority shall appoint at
least one director to the board. The governor shall appoint one
director to the board who shall serve as the presiding officer of
the board and shall appoint an additional director to the board if
an appointment is necessary to maintain an odd number of directors
on the board. For an authority consisting of two or more counties,
each with a population of 400,000 or more, the governor's
appointments shall be made on a rotating basis among the counties in
which a transportation project of the authority is located or is
proposed to be located.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.