TITLE: Relating to the composition of certain regional planning commissions.

SUMMARY: Relating to the composition of certain regional planning commissions.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the composition of certain regional planning commissions. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 391.003, Local Government Code, is amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: (a) Except as provided by Subsection (a-1), any [Any] combination of counties or municipalities or of counties and municipalities may agree, by ordinance, resolution, rule, order, or other means, to establish a commission. (a-1) A county with a population of 3.3 million or more: (1) may agree to establish a commission as provided by Subsection (a) only with municipalities located wholly or partly in the county; and (2) may not establish a commission with another county. SECTION 2. Not later than November 1, 2011, any county described by Section 391.003(a-1), Local Government Code, as added by this Act, participating in a regional planning commission that does not comply with Section 391.003(a-1), Local Government Code, as added by this Act, shall withdraw from the commission. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.