HB3332 - Relating to the creation of the Maverick County Regional Mobility Authority; authorizing a fee.

  89R15432 AJZ-D     By: Morales of Maverick H.B. No. 3332       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the creation of the Maverick County Regional Mobility   Authority; authorizing a fee.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Chapter 370, Transportation Code, is amended by   adding Subchapter L to read as follows:   SUBCHAPTER L. MAVERICK COUNTY REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITY           Sec.   370.451.     DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "member   county" means a county located in the territory of the Maverick   County Regional Mobility Authority.           Sec.   370.452.     NATURE OF AUTHORITY. (a) The Maverick County   Regional Mobility Authority is an authority organized under this   chapter.           (b)     A provision of this chapter that requires the commission   to approve the creation of an authority does not apply to the   Maverick County Regional Mobility Authority.           Sec.   370.453.     CONFLICTS WITH OTHER LAW. In the case of a   conflict between this subchapter and other provisions of this   chapter or other law governing regional mobility authorities, this   subchapter controls.           Sec.   370.454.     MEMBER COUNTIES. (a) The Maverick County   Regional Mobility Authority initially includes Maverick County.           (b)     A county may be added to or withdrawn from the Maverick   County Regional Mobility Authority in the manner provided by   Section 370.0315.           Sec.   370.455.     BOARD OF DIRECTORS; TERMS. (a) The governing   body of the Maverick County Regional Mobility Authority is a board   of directors consisting of three directors appointed by the   Commissioners Court of Maverick County.           (b)     The commissioners court of each county that is added to   the Maverick County Regional Mobility Authority shall appoint a   number of additional directors to the board determined by agreement   of the member counties to ensure fair representation of political   subdivisions in the member counties.           (c)     The board shall elect a director representing Maverick   County as the presiding officer. A director may not serve as   presiding officer for more than two consecutive years.           (d)     Directors serve two-year terms, with as near as possible   to one-half of the directors' terms expiring on February 1 of each   year.           Sec.   370.456.     INITIAL DIRECTORS. (a) Of the initial   directors, the term of one of the directors expires February 1,   2027, and the terms of two of the directors expire February 1, 2028.           (b)     Section 370.455(d) does not apply to an initial   director.           (c)  This section expires September 1, 2028.          SECTION 2.  Sections 502.402(a) and (b-1), Transportation   Code, are amended to read as follows:          (a)  This section applies only to:                (1)  a county that:                      (A)  borders the United Mexican States; and                      (B)  has a population of more than 250,000;                (2)  a county that has a population of more than 1.5   million that is coterminous with a regional mobility authority;   [ and ]                (3)  a county that has a population of more than 190,000   and not more than 1.5 million that is coterminous with a regional   mobility authority ; and                 (4)     a member county of the Maverick County Regional   Mobility Authority, as established under Subchapter L, Chapter 370 .          (b-1)  The commissioners court of a county described by   Subsection (a)(1), (2), or (3) [ (a) ] with a population of less than   700,000 may increase the additional fee to an amount that does not   exceed $20 if approved by a majority of the qualified voters of the   county voting on the issue at a referendum election, which the   commissioners court may order and hold for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect January 1, 2026, but only   if the constitutional amendment proposed by the 89th Legislature,   Regular Session, 2025, to authorize the legislature to create a   regional mobility authority by local law is approved by the voters.     If that amendment is not approved by the voters, this Act has no   effect.