S.B. No. 970

	AN ACT
	relating to the qualifications required of the executive director
	of the Texas Department of Transportation.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Subsection (a), Section 201.301, Transportation
	Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The commission shall elect an executive director for the
	department. The director must be [a registered professional
	engineer in this state and] experienced and skilled in
	transportation planning and[,] development[, construction,] and in
	organizational management [maintenance].
	SECTION 2.  (a)  The change in law made by this Act applies
	only to a person elected by the Texas Transportation Commission as
	the executive director of the Texas Department of Transportation on
	or after the effective date of this Act.
	(b)  The change in law made by this Act does not affect the
	right of the person serving as the executive director of the Texas
	Department of Transportation on the effective date of this Act to
	continue to serve as the executive director of that department.
	SECTION 3.  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, 2009.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 970 passed the Senate on
	April 6, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 27, Nays 4.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 970 passed the House on
	May 27, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 147, Nays 1, one
	present not voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	Approved:
	______________________________
	Date
	______________________________
	Governor