Bill Text: TX SB858 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the expansion of a fixed rail transit system by certain metropolitan rapid transit authorities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-27 - Referred to Transportation [SB858 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-SB858-Introduced.html

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85R3351 BEE-D
By: Watson S.B. No. 858

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the expansion of a fixed rail transit system by certain
metropolitan rapid transit authorities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 451.071(f), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(f) A referendum on a proposal to expand a system approved
under this section is required only if [may be held on any date
specified in Section 41.001, Election Code, or a date chosen by
order of the board of the authority, provided that:
[(1) the referendum is held no earlier than the 62nd
day after the date of the order; and
[(2)] the proposed expansion involves the addition of
[not] more than 30 [12] miles of track to the system.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.