By: Hancock  S.B. No. 530
         (In the Senate - Filed February 10, 2015; February 18, 2015,
  read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation;
  March 30, 2015, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
  Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0; March 30, 2015,
  sent to printer.)
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  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 530 By:  Hancock
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the licensing of vehicles for hire by certain airport
  governing boards; authorizing the imposition of fees.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 22.081, Transportation Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         Sec. 22.081.  [TAXICAB] LICENSING OF VEHICLES FOR HIRE.  
  (a)  A joint board may license taxicabs transporting passengers to
  or from the airport and impose fees for issuing the licenses.
         (b)  A joint board for which the constituent agencies are
  populous home-rule municipalities may license taxicabs and other
  vehicles for hire transporting passengers to or from the airport
  and impose fees for issuing the license.
         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, 2015.
 
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