89R11550 SRA-F
By: Villalobos H.B. No. 4576
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the operation of certain metropolitan transit
authorities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 162.356(b), Tax Code, is amended to read
as follows:
(b) The exemption provided by Subsection (a)(11) does not
apply to compressed natural gas or liquefied natural gas delivered
into the fuel supply tank of a motor vehicle from a refueling
facility accessible to motor vehicles other than:
(1) motor vehicles [those] described by Subsection
(a)(11)(A); or
(2) motor vehicles exempt from the tax imposed by this
subchapter under another provision of Subsection (a), if the
refueling facility is operated by a metropolitan rapid transit
authority operating under Chapter 451, Transportation Code, in
which the principal municipality has a population of less than
320,000.
SECTION 2. Section 451.061(d-1), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(d-1) The establishment of or a change to fares, tolls,
charges, rents, and other compensation by an authority [confirmed
before July 1, 1985,] in which the principal municipality has a
population of less than 1.3 million[,] takes effect immediately on
approval by a majority vote of the board, except that the
establishment of or a change to a single-ride base fare takes effect
on the 60th day after the date the board approves the fare or change
to the fare, unless the policy board of the metropolitan planning
organization that serves the area of the authority disapproves the
fare or change to the fare by a majority vote.
SECTION 3. Subchapter C, Chapter 451, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 451.1025 to read as follows:
Sec. 451.1025. SELECTION AND RETENTION OF INSURANCE BROKER.
(a) This section applies only to an authority in which the
principal municipality has a population of less than 320,000.
(b) The board may select a licensed insurance agent for the
authority as the sole broker of record to obtain proposals and
coverages for insurance, including in areas of risk relating to
public official liability, property, casualty, workers'
compensation, and specific and aggregate stop-loss coverage
insurance for self-funded health care.
(c) The board may retain a broker of record selected under
this section only on a fee basis paid by the authority. A broker of
record retained under this section may not directly or indirectly
receive any other remuneration, compensation, or other form of
payment from any other source for the placement of insurance
business under the broker of record contract with the board.
(d) A broker of record retained under this section may not
submit any insurance carrier proposal to the board or direct any
authority insurance business to an insurance carrier if the broker
has a business relationship or proposed business relationship with
the carrier, including an appointment, unless the broker first
discloses the nature of that relationship or proposed relationship,
in writing, to the board.
(e) A broker who violates this section is subject to any
disciplinary remedy available under Chapter 82, Insurance Code, or
Section 4005.102, Insurance Code, including license revocation and
fine.
SECTION 4. Section 451.506, Transportation Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
(b-1) This subsection applies only to an individual serving
on the board of an authority in which the principal municipality has
a population of less than 320,000. For purposes of Subsection (b),
in determining the length of service on the board of an individual
to whom this subsection applies, the following periods of service
are excluded:
(1) a period of service that results from the
individual's appointment to fill an unexpired term that occurs
before the individual's first appointment to a full term on the
board; or
(2) a period of service on the board that is
attributable to a term shortened by the individual's appointment as
the board's presiding officer under Section 451.502(e).
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2025.