Bill Text: TX HJR190 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the creation of a regional mobility authority by local law.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-23 - Referred to Transportation [HJR190 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HJR190-Introduced.html

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By: Morales of Maverick H.J.R. No. 190

A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the creation of a
regional mobility authority by local law.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article III, Texas Constitution, is amended by
adding Section 49-q to read as follows:
Sec. 49-q. (a) The legislature by local law may create a
regional mobility authority for the purposes of constructing,
maintaining, and operating transportation projects in a region of
this state.
(b) The legislature may pass a local law described by
Subsection (a) of this section without the local notice required
for special or local laws.
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 2, 2023.
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
proposition: "The constitutional amendment to authorize the
legislature to create a regional mobility authority by local law."