Bill Text: TX HB2921 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Engrossed


Bill Title: Relating to the composition and governance of a regional tollway authority.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-05-15 - No action taken in committee [HB2921 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB2921-Engrossed.html
 
 
  By: Orr H.B. No. 2921
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the composition and governance of a regional tollway
  authority.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 366.031, Transportation Code, is amended
  by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
         (e)  A county that is not part of an authority and in which an
  authority turnpike project is located becomes part of the authority
  on the date the authority determines that:
               (1)  recorded electronic toll collections at toll
  assessment facilities located in the county are not less than four
  percent of all recorded electronic toll collections on all of the
  authority's turnpike projects; and
               (2)  the population of the county is at least four
  percent of the aggregate population of all the counties of the
  authority.
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter B, Chapter 366, Transportation Code,
  is amended by adding Section 366.0311 to read as follows:
         Sec. 366.0311.  ADVISORY BOARD FOR CERTAIN PROJECTS. (a) An
  authority shall create an advisory board to advise the board of
  directors on matters related to projects located outside the
  authority.
         (b)  The advisory board is composed of:
               (1)  the director appointed by the governor;
               (2)  an additional director appointed by the presiding
  officer of the board of directors as the presiding officer deems
  appropriate; and
               (3)  one member from each county that is not part of the
  authority and in which a project is located appointed by the
  commissioners court of that county.
         (c)  The board of directors may not make a decision that is
  inconsistent with a recommendation of an advisory board unless the
  board of directors issues a statement in writing addressing the
  advisory board's recommendation.
         (d)  An advisory board member appointed under Subsection
  (b)(3) is not a director of the authority for the purposes of
  Section 366.251 or any other purpose.
         (e)  The board of directors may adopt rules governing the
  operation and duties of an advisory board.
         SECTION 3.  Section 366.161, Transportation Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         Sec. 366.161.  TURNPIKE PROJECTS EXTENDING INTO OTHER
  COUNTIES. An authority may acquire, construct, operate, maintain,
  expand, or extend a turnpike project in:
               (1)  a county that is a part of the authority; or
               (2)  subject to Section 366.031(e), a county in which
  the authority operates or is constructing a turnpike project if the
  turnpike project in the affected county is a continuation of the
  authority's turnpike project or system extending from an adjacent
  county.
         SECTION 4.  Section 366.251(c), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (c)  In addition to directors appointed by a commissioners
  court under Subsection (b), the commissioners courts of each county
  that created the authority under Section 366.031 [of the authority]
  shall appoint one additional director [if the county is:
               [(1)     a county that created the authority under Section
  366.031; or
               [(2)     a county in which all or part of a 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]. 
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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