Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB4576 Compare Versions

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1	1	89R11550 SRA-F
2	2	By: Villalobos H.B. No. 4576
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the operation of certain metropolitan transit
10	10	authorities.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Section 162.356(b), Tax Code, is amended to read
13	13	as follows:
14	14	(b) The exemption provided by Subsection (a)(11) does not
15	15	apply to compressed natural gas or liquefied natural gas delivered
16	16	into the fuel supply tank of a motor vehicle from a refueling
17	17	facility accessible to motor vehicles other than:
18	18	(1) motor vehicles [those] described by Subsection
19	19	(a)(11)(A); or
20	20	(2) motor vehicles exempt from the tax imposed by this
21	21	subchapter under another provision of Subsection (a), if the
22	22	refueling facility is operated by a metropolitan rapid transit
23	23	authority operating under Chapter 451, Transportation Code, in
24	24	which the principal municipality has a population of less than
25	25	320,000.
26	26	SECTION 2. Section 451.061(d-1), Transportation Code, is
27	27	amended to read as follows:
28	28	(d-1) The establishment of or a change to fares, tolls,
29	29	charges, rents, and other compensation by an authority [confirmed
30	30	before July 1, 1985,] in which the principal municipality has a
31	31	population of less than 1.3 million[,] takes effect immediately on
32	32	approval by a majority vote of the board, except that the
33	33	establishment of or a change to a single-ride base fare takes effect
34	34	on the 60th day after the date the board approves the fare or change
35	35	to the fare, unless the policy board of the metropolitan planning
36	36	organization that serves the area of the authority disapproves the
37	37	fare or change to the fare by a majority vote.
38	38	SECTION 3. Subchapter C, Chapter 451, Transportation Code,
39	39	is amended by adding Section 451.1025 to read as follows:
40	40	Sec. 451.1025. SELECTION AND RETENTION OF INSURANCE BROKER.
41	41	(a) This section applies only to an authority in which the
42	42	principal municipality has a population of less than 320,000.
43	43	(b) The board may select a licensed insurance agent for the
44	44	authority as the sole broker of record to obtain proposals and
45	45	coverages for insurance, including in areas of risk relating to
46	46	public official liability, property, casualty, workers'
47	47	compensation, and specific and aggregate stop-loss coverage
48	48	insurance for self-funded health care.
49	49	(c) The board may retain a broker of record selected under
50	50	this section only on a fee basis paid by the authority. A broker of
51	51	record retained under this section may not directly or indirectly
52	52	receive any other remuneration, compensation, or other form of
53	53	payment from any other source for the placement of insurance
54	54	business under the broker of record contract with the board.
55	55	(d) A broker of record retained under this section may not
56	56	submit any insurance carrier proposal to the board or direct any
57	57	authority insurance business to an insurance carrier if the broker
58	58	has a business relationship or proposed business relationship with
59	59	the carrier, including an appointment, unless the broker first
60	60	discloses the nature of that relationship or proposed relationship,
61	61	in writing, to the board.
62	62	(e) A broker who violates this section is subject to any
63	63	disciplinary remedy available under Chapter 82, Insurance Code, or
64	64	Section 4005.102, Insurance Code, including license revocation and
65	65	fine.
66	66	SECTION 4. Section 451.506, Transportation Code, is amended
67	67	by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
68	68	(b-1) This subsection applies only to an individual serving
69	69	on the board of an authority in which the principal municipality has
70	70	a population of less than 320,000. For purposes of Subsection (b),
71	71	in determining the length of service on the board of an individual
72	72	to whom this subsection applies, the following periods of service
73	73	are excluded:
74	74	(1) a period of service that results from the
75	75	individual's appointment to fill an unexpired term that occurs
76	76	before the individual's first appointment to a full term on the
77	77	board; or
78	78	(2) a period of service on the board that is
79	79	attributable to a term shortened by the individual's appointment as
80	80	the board's presiding officer under Section 451.502(e).
81	81	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
82	82	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
83	83	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
84	84	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
85	85	Act takes effect September 1, 2025.