| |
| |
|
|
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
|
|
|
AN ACT
|
|
|
relating to the governance of a regional mobility authority. |
|
|
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
|
|
SECTION 1. Section 370.182, Transportation Code, is amended |
|
|
by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
|
|
(c) The commissioners courts of counties and governing |
|
|
bodies of municipalities, as applicable, that participate in an |
|
|
authority may, by a resolution approved by a majority of the members |
|
|
of each of the commissioners courts or governing bodies, request an |
|
|
audit of the authority by the state auditor. |
|
|
SECTION 2. Subchapter F, Chapter 370, Transportation Code, |
|
|
is amended by adding Section 370.2516 to read as follows: |
|
|
Sec. 370.2516. ALTERNATIVE BOARD COMPOSITION: COUNTY |
|
|
COMMISSIONERS. As an alternative to the board composition under |
|
|
Section 370.251(a), the commissioners courts of the counties of an |
|
|
authority may, by a resolution approved by at least two-thirds of |
|
|
the members of each of the commissioners courts, establish a board |
|
|
of directors for the authority that is composed exclusively of |
|
|
county commissioners appointed by each of the commissioners courts. |
|
|
If a board is established under this section: |
|
|
(1) except as provided by Subdivision (2), the |
|
|
provisions of Section 370.251, other than Section 370.251(g)(1), |
|
|
apply to the directors; |
|
|
(2) the county commissioner directors shall choose a |
|
|
director from among the directors to serve as the presiding officer |
|
|
in lieu of the governor's appointee; and |
|
|
(3) Sections 370.2515, 370.252, 370.2521, 370.2522, |
|
|
370.2523, 370.253, 370.254, and 370.255 do not apply to the board. |
|
|
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |