S.B. No. 964
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the board of directors of a regional tollway authority.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 366.251, Transportation Code, is amended
  by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsections (c-1) and (d-1)
  to read as follows:
         (c)  In addition to directors appointed by a commissioners
  court under Subsection (b), the commissioners courts of each county
  [those counties] of the authority [in which all or part of a
  turnpike project is located and open for use by the traveling
  public] shall appoint one [two] additional director if the county
  is [directors as follows]:
               (1)  a [if the open turnpike project is located
  entirely in one] county[, the commissioners court of] that created
  the authority under Section 366.031 [county shall appoint the two
  additional directors]; or
               (2)  a county in which all or part of a [if the open]
  turnpike project of not less than 10 centerline miles in length is
  located and has been open for use by the traveling public for at
  least three years [in two counties of the authority, the
  commissioners court of each county shall appoint one of the
  additional directors; or
               [(3)     if the open turnpike project is located in more
  than two counties, the commissioners court of each county in which
  the project is located shall appoint one additional director on a
  rotating basis and in accordance with a schedule agreed to and
  approved by concurrent resolutions adopted by the commissioners
  courts of at least three-fourths of the counties of the authority].
         (c-1)  The commissioners court of a county eligible to
  appoint an additional director under Subsection (c) shall ensure
  that each director appointed by that commissioners court resides in
  a different geographic region in that county. To the extent
  possible, appointments to the board must reflect the diversity of
  the population of the various counties.
         (d-1)  If one or more directors are subsequently appointed to
  the board, the directors other than the subsequent appointees shall
  determine the length of the appointees' terms, to comply with
  Subsection (d).
         SECTION 2.  Subsection (f), Section 366.251, Transportation
  Code, is repealed.
         SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act does not
  affect the term of a member of the board of directors serving on the
  effective date of this Act. Members appointed to fill vacancies
  occurring on or after the effective date of this Act must be
  appointed in accordance with Section 366.251, Transportation Code,
  as amended by this Act.
         SECTION 4.  The change in law made by this Act does not
  prohibit a person who is a member of a regional tollway authority
  board of directors before the effective date of this Act from being
  appointed as a member of the board under the new composition of the
  board of a regional tollway authority if the person has the
  qualifications required for the position under Section 366.251,
  Transportation Code, as amended by this Act, and otherwise under
  Chapter 366, Transportation Code.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 964 passed the Senate on
  April 12, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that
  the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 26, 2007, by the
  following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 964 passed the House, with
  amendment, on May 23, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 144,
  Nays 0, two present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor