TITLE: Relating to an alternative composition of a board of directors of a regional mobility authority.

SUMMARY: Relating to an alternative composition of a board of directors of a regional mobility authority.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to an alternative composition of a board of directors of a regional mobility authority. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 370, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Section 370.2516 to read as follows: Sec. 370.2516. ALTERNATIVE BOARD COMPOSITION: COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. As an alternative to the board composition under Section 370.251(a), the commissioners courts of the counties of an authority may, by a resolution approved by at least two-thirds of the members of each of the commissioners courts, establish a board of directors for the authority that is composed exclusively of county commissioners appointed by each of the commissioners courts. If a board is established under this section: (1) except as provided by Subdivision (2), the provisions of Section 370.251, other than Section 370.251(g)(1), apply to the directors; (2) the county commissioner directors shall choose a director from among the directors to serve as the presiding officer in lieu of the governor's appointee; and (3) Sections 370.2515, 370.252, 370.2521, 370.2522, 370.2523, 370.253, 370.254, and 370.255 do not apply to the board. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.