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

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

FULL TEXT:
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 15 [12] miles of track to the system. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.