HB5049 - Relating to the composition and authority of certain subregional boards of regional transportation authorities.

  89R15520 JAM-D     By: Shaheen H.B. No. 5049       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the composition and authority of certain subregional   boards of regional transportation authorities.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 452.112, Transportation Code, is amended   by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:           (a-1)     Each member of the subregional board shall appoint an   equal number of members to the committee.            SECTION 2.  Section 452.543(a), Transportation Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (a)   Except as provided by Section 452.5725(a), a [ A ]   subregional board shall elect from its membership a presiding   officer, assistant presiding officer, and secretary.          SECTION 3.  Section 452.572, Transportation Code, is amended   to read as follows:          Sec. 452.572.  BOARD MEMBERSHIP; MUNICIPAL REPRESENTATION.   (a) The subregional board is composed of one member [ 15 members ]   appointed by the governing body [ bodies ] of each municipality [ the   municipalities ] in the subregional authority.          (b)  The member appointed by the governing body of the   principal [ a ] municipality is entitled to [ appoint more than one   board member may appoint a number of members less than the number   allocated to the municipality. Those appointed members may ] cast   three [ the same number of ] votes [ as the number of members   allocated, but a member may not cast a divided vote ].          SECTION 4.  Subchapter O, Chapter 452, Transportation Code,   is amended by adding Section 452.5725 to read as follows:           Sec.   452.5725.     PRESIDING OFFICER. (a) The position of   presiding officer of a subregional board rotates among the members   of the board in an order established by the board. A term as   presiding officer is two years.           (b)     A member of the subregional board may not serve   consecutive terms as presiding officer.          SECTION 5.  Section 452.578(a), Transportation Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (a)   Members [ Each member ] of the subregional board serve for   [ serves a ] staggered terms [ term ] of two years , with the terms of   one-half of the members, or as near to one-half as possible,   expiring [ . Eight of the terms begin ] on July 1 of each year   [ odd-numbered years, and seven terms begin on July 1 of   even-numbered years ].          SECTION 6.  The following provisions of the Transportation   Code are repealed:                (1)  Section 452.573;                (2)  Section 452.574(c);                (3)  Section 452.575;                (4)  Section 452.576;                (5)  Section 452.577; and                (6)  Section 452.578(b).          SECTION 7.  (a)  On the effective date of this Act, the terms   of office of the members of a subregional board described by   Subchapter O, Chapter 452, Transportation Code, as that subchapter   existed immediately before the effective date of this Act, expire.          (b)  As soon as practicable after the effective date of this   Act, the appropriate appointing entity shall appoint the members of   a subregional board under Section 452.572, Transportation Code, as   amended by this Act.          (c)  As soon as practicable after the members of a   subregional board have been appointed under Section 452.572,   Transportation Code, as amended by this Act, the board members   shall draw lots to determine which board members serve terms   expiring July 1, 2026, and which board members serve terms expiring   July 1, 2027.          SECTION 8.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.