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.