Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1	1	89R4900 SRA-F
2	2	By: Villalobos H.B. No. 5192
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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	(A) refueling facility is operated by a
23	23	metropolitan rapid transit authority operating under Chapter 451,
24	24	Transportation Code, in which the principal municipality has a
25	25	population of less than 320,000; and
26	26	(B) use of the refueling facility by those
27	27	vehicles is limited to emergencies and other exigent circumstances
28	28	as provided by an interlocal agreement under Chapter 791,
29	29	Government Code.
30	30	SECTION 2. Section 451.061(d-1), Transportation Code, is
31	31	amended to read as follows:
32	32	(d-1) The establishment of or a change to fares, tolls,
33	33	charges, rents, and other compensation by an authority [confirmed
34	34	before July 1, 1985,] in which the principal municipality has a
35	35	population of less than 1.3 million[,] takes effect immediately on
36	36	approval by a majority vote of the board, except that the
37	37	establishment of or a change to a single-ride base fare takes effect
38	38	on the 60th day after the date the board approves the fare or change
39	39	to the fare, unless the policy board of the metropolitan planning
40	40	organization that serves the area of the authority disapproves the
41	41	fare or change to the fare by a majority vote.
42	42	SECTION 3. Section 451.506, Transportation Code, is amended
43	43	by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
44	44	(b-1) This subsection applies only to an individual serving
45	45	on the board of an authority in which the principal municipality has
46	46	a population of less than 320,000. For purposes of Subsection (b),
47	47	in determining the length of service on the board of an individual
48	48	to whom this subsection applies the following periods of service
49	49	are excluded:
50	50	(1) a period of service that results from the
51	51	individual's appointment to fill an unexpired term that occurs
52	52	before the individual's first appointment to a full term on the
53	53	board; or
54	54	(2) a period of service on the board that is
55	55	attributable to a term shortened by the individual's appointment as
56	56	the board's presiding officer under Section 451.502(e).
57	57	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
58	58	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
59	59	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
60	60	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
61	61	Act takes effect September 1, 2025.