Bill Text: TX HB3448 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the service of a presiding officer of certain metropolitan rapid transit authorities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-20 - Referred to Transportation [HB3448 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB3448-Introduced.html
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By: Gutierrez | H.B. No. 3448 |
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relating to the service of a presiding officer of certain | ||
metropolitan rapid transit authorities. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 451.506, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c-1) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c-1), an [ |
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individual may not serve more than eight years on the same board and | ||
may not be appointed to a term for which service to the completion | ||
of the term would exceed this limitation. This subsection applies | ||
only to a board of an authority: | ||
(1) in which the principal municipality has a | ||
population of more than 1.9 million or less than 320,000; or | ||
(2) created before 1980 and in which the principal | ||
municipality has a population of less than 1.9 million. | ||
(c-1) In an authority described by Subsection (b)(2), | ||
service by an individual as a presiding officer appointed under | ||
Section 451.502(e)(3) is not included in the limitation imposed | ||
under Subsection (b). | ||
SECTION 2. 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, 2013. |