By: Morales of Maverick H.B. No. 5246
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the creation of the Maverick County Regional Mobility
Authority; authorizing a fee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 370, Transportation Code, is amended by
adding Subchapter L to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER L. MAVERICK COUNTY REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITY
Sec. 370.451. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "member
county" means Maverick County
Sec. 370.452. NATURE OF AUTHORITY. (a) The Maverick County
Regional Mobility Authority is an authority organized under this
chapter.
(b) A provision of this chapter that requires the commission
to approve the creation of an authority does not apply to the
Maverick County Regional Mobility Authority.
Sec. 370.453. CONFLICTS WITH OTHER SUBCHAPTERS. In the
case of a conflict between this subchapter and other provisions of
this chapter or other law governing regional mobility authorities,
this subchapter controls.
Sec. 370.454. MEMBER COUNTIES. (a) The Maverick County
Regional Mobility Authority initially includes the following
county:
(1) Maverick County;
Sec. 370.455. BOARD OF DIRECTORS; TERMS. (a) The governing
body of the Maverick County Regional Mobility Authority is a board
of directors consisting of three representatives from the member
county.
(b) The commissioners court of the member county shall
appoint one director to serve on the board.
(c) The board shall elect either the director representing
Maverick County or the director of a future participating county as
the presiding officer. A director may not serve as presiding
officer for more than two consecutive years.
(d) Directors serve two-year terms, with as near as possible
to one-half of the directors' terms expiring on February 1 of each
year.
Sec. 370.456. INITIAL DIRECTORS. (a) Of the initial
directors, the terms of directors appointed to represent the
participating county expire February 1, 2025.
(b) Section 370.455(d) does not apply to an initial
director.
(c) This section expires September 1, 2027.
(c) This section expires September 1, 2027.
SECTION 2. Sections 502.402(a) and (b-1), Transportation
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) This section applies only to:
(1) a county that:
(A) borders the United Mexican States; and
(B) has a population of more than 250,000; [and]
(2) a county that has a population of more than 1.5
million that is coterminous with a regional mobility authority; and
(3) a member county of the Maverick County Regional
Mobility Authority, as established under Subchapter L, Chapter 370.
(b-1) The commissioners court of a county described by
Subsection (a)(1) or (2) [(a)] with a population of less than
700,000 may increase the additional fee to an amount that does not
exceed $20 if approved by a majority of the qualified voters of the
county voting on the issue at a referendum election, which the
commissioners court may order and hold for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2024, but only
if the constitutional amendment proposed by the 88th Legislature,
Regular Session, 2023, to authorize the creation of a regional
mobility authority by local law is approved by the voters. If that
constitutional amendment is not approved by the voters, this Act
has no effect.