88R8377 MZM-D
By: Thompson of Brazoria H.B. No. 2745
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the appointment of members to policy boards of certain
metropolitan planning organizations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 472, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 472.037 to read as follows:
Sec. 472.037. APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS TO CERTAIN POLICY
BOARDS. (a) This section applies only to a metropolitan planning
organization that serves a county with a population of more than
four million.
(b) Counties served by a metropolitan planning organization
described by Subsection (a) shall appoint voting members to the
organization's policy board as follows:
(1) a county with a population of four million or more
shall appoint two members;
(2) a county with a population of less than four
million but more than 45,000 shall appoint one member; and
(3) a county with a population of 45,000 or less,
together with an adjacent county with a population of 45,000 or
less, shall jointly appoint one member.
(c) Municipalities served by a metropolitan planning
organization described by Subsection (a) shall appoint voting
members to the organization's policy board as follows:
(1) a municipality with a population of two million or
more shall appoint two members; and
(2) a municipality with a population of less than two
million but more than 25,000 shall appoint one member.
(d) The department shall appoint three members to the policy
board of a metropolitan planning organization described by
Subsection (a).
(e) A metropolitan transit authority or rail district
served by a metropolitan planning organization described by
Subsection (a) shall appoint one voting member to the
organization's policy board.
(f) A port authority located in a municipality with a
population of more than two million that is served by a metropolitan
planning organization described by Subsection (a) shall appoint one
voting member to the organization's policy board.
(g) The governor shall appoint two voting members to the
policy board of a metropolitan planning organization described by
Subsection (a).
(h) Each member of a policy board of a metropolitan planning
organization described by Subsection (a) is entitled to one vote.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.