H.B. No. 1339
AN ACT
relating to the appointment of a voting proxy by a legislative
policy board member of a metropolitan planning organization.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 472.031, Transportation Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) A legislative member of a policy board may only appoint
a proxy under Subsection (a) who is:
(1) the legislative member's employee or staff member;
(2) a person related to the member within the second
degree by consanguinity, as determined under Subchapter B, Chapter
573, Government Code, who is not required to register as a lobbyist
under Chapter 305, Government Code;
(3) another legislative member of the policy board; or
(4) a locally elected official.
SECTION 2. 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, 2005.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1339 was passed by the House on April
7, 2005, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 1339 on May 23, 2005, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 0,
2 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1339 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 19, 2005, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor