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                                                                  H.B. No. 1815




AN ACT

relating to term limitations for members of boards of certain 
metropolitan rapid transit authorities.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Sections 451.506(b) and (c), Transportation 
Code, are amended to read as follows:
	(b)  An individual may not serve more than eight years on the 
same board and may not be appointed to a term for which service to 
the completion of the term would exceed this limitation.  This 
subsection applies only to a board of an authority:
		(1)  in which the principal municipality has a 
population of more than 1.2 million or less than 300,000; or
		(2)  created before 1980 and in which the principal 
municipality has a population of less than 1.2 million[; or
		[(3)  confirmed before July 1, 1985, and in which the 
principal municipality has a population of less than 750,000].
	(c)  An individual may serve two terms as presiding officer 
under Section 451.502(e)(3), in addition to any service on the 
board before being appointed under that subsection.  This 
subsection does not apply to an individual serving on the board of 
an authority described by Subsection (b) or an authority confirmed 
before July 1, 1985, and in which the principal municipality has a 
population of less than 750,000.
	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.




______________________________              ______________________________
 
   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 1815 was passed by the House on April 
13, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 141, Nays 3, 1 present, not 
voting.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	I certify that H.B. No. 1815 was passed by the Senate on April 
28, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Secretary of the Senate    



APPROVED:  _____________________                                            
 
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                 Governor