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Amend CSHB 300 (House committee printing), by striking page
57, line 13, through page 58, line 3, and substituting the
following:
Sec. 472.0315. POLICY BOARD MEMBERSHIP AND VOTING
REQUIREMENTS; ELIGIBILITY FOR STATE ALLOCATION OF FUNDING. (a)
The policy board of a metropolitan planning organization must
consist of at least 5 and not more than 19 members, the exact number
to be determined on an equitable geographic-population ratio based
on the most recent census.
(b) To be eligible to receive funds from this state for
transportation projects under Section 201.668:
(1) at least 75 percent of a metropolitan planning
organization's policy board members must be elected officials who
are elected in the boundaries of the metropolitan planning
organization; and
(2) only elected officials may be voting members of
the organization's policy board.
(c) A metropolitan planning organization that is not
eligible under Subsection (b) may redesignate the board so as to
become eligible to receive an allocation of funds under Section
201.668.
(d) In this section, "elected official" means the presiding
officer or a member of the governing body of a municipality, a
county judge, a county commissioner, a state representative, or a
state senator.