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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the appointment of members to policy boards of certain |
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metropolitan planning organizations. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 472, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 472.037 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 472.037. APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS TO CERTAIN POLICY |
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BOARDS. (a) This section applies only to a metropolitan planning |
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organization that serves a county with a population of more than |
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four million. |
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(b) Counties served by a metropolitan planning organization |
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described by Subsection (a) shall appoint voting members to the |
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organization's policy board as follows: |
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(1) a county with a population of four million or more |
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shall appoint two members; |
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(2) a county with a population of less than four |
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million but more than 45,000 shall appoint one member; and |
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(3) a county with a population of 45,000 or less, |
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together with an adjacent county with a population of 45,000 or |
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less, shall jointly appoint one member. |
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(c) Municipalities served by a metropolitan planning |
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organization described by Subsection (a) shall appoint voting |
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members to the organization's policy board as follows: |
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(1) a municipality with a population of two million or |
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more shall appoint two members; and |
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(2) a municipality with a population of less than two |
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million but more than 25,000 shall appoint one member. |
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(d) The department shall appoint three members to the policy |
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board of a metropolitan planning organization described by |
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Subsection (a). |
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(e) A metropolitan transit authority or rail district |
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served by a metropolitan planning organization described by |
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Subsection (a) shall appoint one voting member to the |
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organization's policy board. |
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(f) A port authority located in a municipality with a |
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population of more than two million that is served by a metropolitan |
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planning organization described by Subsection (a) shall appoint one |
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voting member to the organization's policy board. |
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(g) The governor shall appoint two voting members to the |
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policy board of a metropolitan planning organization described by |
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Subsection (a). |
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(h) Each member of a policy board of a metropolitan planning |
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organization described by Subsection (a) is entitled to one vote. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |