Amend CSSB 1420 (house committee printing) by adding the following SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill as appropriate:
SECTION ____. Subchapter H, Chapter 201, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Section 201.622 to read as follows:
Sec. 201.622. COORDINATION WITH AND REVIEW OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATIONS. (a) In this section, "local government corporation" has the meaning assigned by Section 431.003.
(b) The department shall:
(1) coordinate the promotion and development of public transportation facilities and systems with local government corporations; and
(2) annually review reports submitted under Subsection (c) to ensure that local government corporations are promoting and developing public transportation facilities and systems as provided by Subchapter D, Chapter 431.
(c) A local government corporation shall submit to the commission an annual report that includes the projects and activities of the corporation and any other information the department by rule may require.
SECTION ____. Section 431.101(a), Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a) A local government corporation may be created to aid and act on behalf of one or more local governments to accomplish the promotion and development of public transportation facilities and systems [any governmental purpose of those local governments]. To be effective, the articles of incorporation and the bylaws of a local government corporation must be approved by ordinance, resolution, or order adopted by the governing body of each local government that the corporation is created to aid and act on behalf of.
SECTION ____. Section 431.105(a), Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a) A state agency, including the commission, or a political subdivision may contract with a local government corporation to accomplish the promotion and development of public transportation facilities and systems [a governmental purpose of the sponsoring local government] in the same manner and to the same extent that it:
(1) may contract with any other corporation created under this chapter; and
(2) is authorized to contract under Subchapter A, Chapter 472.