H.B. No. 1986




AN ACT

relating to the administration and powers of a coordinated county 
transportation authority.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 224.153(b), Transportation Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(b)  The department may enter into an agreement with a 
transit authority under Chapter 451, 452, or 453, a regional 
mobility authority under Chapter 361, a coordinated county 
transportation authority under Chapter 460, a municipality, or a 
transportation corporation for the design, construction, 
operation, or maintenance of a high occupancy vehicle lane.
	SECTION 2.  Section 460.054, Transportation Code, is amended 
by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
	(d)  The county judge may fill a vacancy in a position 
described by Subsection (b)(3) by naming a person nominated under 
Subsection (c) for the unexpired term.
	SECTION 3.  Section 460.105(a), Transportation Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  An authority may:                                                         
		(1)  acquire, construct, develop, plan, own, operate, 
and maintain a public transportation system in the territory of the 
authority, including the territory of a political subdivision or 
municipality partially located in the territory of the authority;
		(2)  contract with a municipality, county, or other 
political subdivision for the authority to provide public 
transportation services outside the authority;
		(3)  lease all or part of the public transportation to, 
or contract for the operation of all or a part of the public 
transportation system by, an operator; [and]
		(4)  contract with a political subdivision or 
governmental entity to provide public transportation services 
inside the authority consistent with rules and regulations 
established by the authority, including capital, maintenance, 
operation, and other costs specifically approved and audited by the 
authority; and
		(5)  acquire, construct, develop, plan, own, operate, 
maintain, or manage a public transportation system or project not 
located in the territory of the authority if the system or project 
provides a service, benefit, or convenience to the people in the 
territory of the authority.
	SECTION 4.  Section 460.201(c), Transportation Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(c)  Except as provided by Section 460.2015, a [A] vacancy on 
the board of directors [executive committee] is filled in the same 
manner as the original appointment to the interim executive 
committee.
	SECTION 5.  Subchapter D, Chapter 460, Transportation Code, 
is amended by adding Section 460.2015 to read as follows:
	Sec. 460.2015.  MEMBERSHIP OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS.  (a)  The 
board of directors of an authority confirmed under Subchapter B may 
increase the population amount stated by Section 460.054(b)(1) in 
increments of up to 5,000.  If the board increases that population 
amount, the board shall also increase each population amount stated 
by Sections 460.054(b)(3) and 460.054(c) by the same amount.
	(b)  The board of directors may act under Subsection (a) only 
once a year.
	(c)  A municipality that has appointed a member to the board 
of directors under Section 460.054(b)(1) before the effective date 
of an increase under Subsection (a) may continue to appoint a member 
to the board of directors.
	SECTION 6.  Section 460.405(a), Transportation Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  Federal funds and appropriated state funds may not be 
spent by [An employee, agent, or person receiving compensation 
from] or on behalf of an authority to influence or [may not attempt 
to] affect the award or outcome of a state or federal contract, 
loan, or cooperative agreement [proposed legislation].
	SECTION 7.  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. 1986 was passed by the House on May 3, 
2005, by a non-record vote; and that the House concurred in Senate 
amendments to H.B. No. 1986 on May 27, 2005, by a non-record vote.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	
I certify that H.B. No. 1986 was passed by the Senate, with 
amendments, on May 25, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 
0.

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                                                      Secretary of the Senate   



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              Governor