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TX Transp Code § 451.703 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 451 - Metropolitan Rapid Transit Authorities|Subchapter O. Advanced Transportation District|Section 451.703. Conduct of Initial Election: Separate Result

Sec. 451.703.  CONDUCT OF INITIAL ELECTION:  SEPARATE RESULT.  The election shall be conducted so that votes are separately tabulated and canvassed and that the result is declared in each unit of election in the authority as follows:(1)  in each municipality in the authority;  and(2)  in the unincorporated area of each county in the authority.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 155, Sec. 1, eff. May 21, 1999.|
TX Transp Code § 451.704 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 451 - Metropolitan Rapid Transit Authorities|Subchapter O. Advanced Transportation District|Section 451.704. Results of Election; Order

Sec. 451.704.  RESULTS OF ELECTION;  ORDER.  (a)  If a majority of the votes cast in the principal municipality of the authority are in favor of the proposition, the district is created and includes:(1)  the principal municipality;(2)  each municipality in which a majority of the votes cast favor the proposition;  and(3)  the unincorporated area of each county in which a majority of the votes cast favor the proposition.(b)  If the district is created, the board shall record the results in its minutes and adopt an order:(1)  declaring that the district is created;(2)  describing the territory of the district;(3)  stating the date of the election;(4)  containing the proposition;(5)  showing the number of votes cast for or against the proposition in each unit of election;  and(6)  showing the number of votes by which the proposition was approved in each unit of election in which the proposition was approved.(c)  The order must be accompanied by a map of the district that shows the boundaries of the district.(d)  A copy of the order and map shall be filed:(1)  with the department;(2)  with the comptroller;  and(3)  in the deed records of each county in which the district is located.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 155, Sec. 1, eff. May 21, 1999.|
TX Transp Code § 451.705 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 451 - Metropolitan Rapid Transit Authorities|Subchapter O. Advanced Transportation District|Section 451.705. Subsequent Elections

Sec. 451.705.  SUBSEQUENT ELECTIONS.  (a)  If the initial election under Section 451.702 is held only in the principal municipality, or if the voters of another municipality or the unincorporated area of a county do not vote to join the district at the initial election under Section 451.702, the governing body of the other municipality or the commissioners court of the county may order an election in the municipality or the county at a later date on the question of joining the district, except that the election may not be held if the governing body of the district determines that the addition of the municipality or unincorporated area would create a financial hardship on the district because:(1)  the territory to be added is not contiguous to the territory of the existing district; or(2)  the addition of the territory would impair the imposition of the sales and use tax authorized by this subchapter.(b)   An election ordered under this section shall be held in the same manner as the initial election, except that the governmental entity ordering the election shall pay the costs of the election, and the governing body of that entity shall canvass the vote, declare the results, and notify the district of the results of the election.(c)  If after an election held under this subchapter, the imposition of the district's tax would not exceed the limit imposed by Section 451.706(a), at the election the ballot shall be prepared to permit voting for or against substantially the following proposition:  "Joining the Advanced Transportation District and authorizing a sales and use tax at the rate of ____ (rate imposed elsewhere in the district)."|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 155, Sec. 1, eff. May 21, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 369 (S.B. 1339), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2005.|
TX Transp Code § 451.706 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 451 - Metropolitan Rapid Transit Authorities|Subchapter O. Advanced Transportation District|Section 451.706. Limitation on Tax Rate

Sec. 451.706.  LIMITATION ON TAX RATE.  (a)  The combined rate of all sales and use taxes imposed by the district and all other political subdivisions of this state may not exceed two percent in any location in the district.(b)  If the approval of the district's tax at an election held under Section 451.705 would cause the tax in a political subdivision to exceed the limit imposed under Subsection (a), the governing body of the political subdivision holding an election under Section 451.705 shall prepare the ballot to allow the voters of the subdivision to determine which portion of other sales taxes of that subdivision will be repealed if the voters approve joining the district, except that the following may not be reduced:(1)  the sales and use tax of the authority; and(2)  a sales and use tax of not more than one percent imposed by a municipality under Section 321.101(a) or 321.103(a), Tax Code.(c)  The sales and use tax authorized by this subchapter and the repeal of any local sales and use taxes under this section take effect on the first day of the second calendar quarter beginning after the date the comptroller receives a copy of the order canvassing the results of the election.(d)  At an election held under Subsection (b), the ballot shall be prepared to permit voting for or against substantially the following proposition: "Joining the Advanced Transportation District, authorizing a sales and use tax at the rate of ___ (rate imposed elsewhere in the district), and repealing ____ cents of the following sales and use taxes used for ___________________________."  Not later than the 45th day before the election date, the governing body of the political subdivision shall submit the ballot language to the authority for approval.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 155, Sec. 1, eff. May 21, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 369 (S.B. 1339), Sec. 2, eff. June 17, 2005.|
TX Transp Code § 451.707 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 451 - Metropolitan Rapid Transit Authorities|Subchapter O. Advanced Transportation District|Section 451.707. Governance of District

Sec. 451.707.  GOVERNANCE OF DISTRICT.  (a)  The board of the authority shall act as the governing body of the district and is responsible for the management, operation, and control of the district.(b)  The business of the district is conducted through its governing body and by the employees of the authority acting under the control and direction of the general manager of the authority.(c)  The district may enter into contracts with the authority or other private or public entities to conduct the business of the district.(d)  Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, the district has the same powers of the authority that called the election creating the district as provided by Subchapters B, C, F, H, I, and K.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 155, Sec. 1, eff. May 21, 1999.|
TX Transp Code § 451.708 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 451 - Metropolitan Rapid Transit Authorities|Subchapter O. Advanced Transportation District|Section 451.708. District Assets and Recordkeeping

Sec. 451.708.  DISTRICT ASSETS AND RECORDKEEPING.  (a)  An asset of the district shall be held in the name of the authority.(b)  The authority shall keep separate books and accounting records for the funds, revenues, expenses, and other property of the district.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 155, Sec. 1, eff. May 21, 1999.|
TX Transp Code § 451.709 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 451 - Metropolitan Rapid Transit Authorities|Subchapter O. Advanced Transportation District|Section 451.709. Nature of District

Sec. 451.709.  NATURE OF DISTRICT.  The district is a governmental unit under Chapter 101, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, and the operations of the district are not proprietary functions for any purpose, including the application of Chapter 101, Civil Practice and Remedies Code.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 155, Sec. 1, eff. May 21, 1999.|
TX Transp Code § 451.710 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 451 - Metropolitan Rapid Transit Authorities|Subchapter O. Advanced Transportation District|Section 451.710. Annexation of Territory by Municipality

Sec. 451.710.  ANNEXATION OF TERRITORY BY MUNICIPALITY.  On annexation by a municipality that is in the district, territory that is not in the district becomes part of the district.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 155, Sec. 1, eff. May 21, 1999.|
TX Transp Code § 451.751 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 451 - Metropolitan Rapid Transit Authorities|Subchapter P. Local Control of Peace Officer Employment Matters in Certain Authorities|Section 451.751. Applicability

Sec. 451.751.  APPLICABILITY.  This subchapter applies only to an authority in which the principal municipality has a population of more than 1.5 million.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 186, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Transp Code § 451.752 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 451 - Metropolitan Rapid Transit Authorities|Subchapter P. Local Control of Peace Officer Employment Matters in Certain Authorities|Section 451.752. Definitions

Sec. 451.752.  DEFINITIONS.  In this subchapter:(1)  "Association" means an organization in which peace officers employed by the authority participate and that exists for the purpose, wholly or partly, of dealing with the authority concerning grievances, labor disputes, wages, rates of pay, hours of work, or conditions of work affecting peace officers.(2)  "Public employer" means an authority that is required to establish the wages, salaries, rates of pay, hours of work, working conditions, and other terms and conditions of employment of peace officers employed by the authority.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 186, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Transp Code § 451.753 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 451 - Metropolitan Rapid Transit Authorities|Subchapter P. Local Control of Peace Officer Employment Matters in Certain Authorities|Section 451.753. General Provisions Relating to Agreements, Recognition, and Strikes

Sec. 451.753.  GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO AGREEMENTS, RECOGNITION, AND STRIKES.  (a)  An authority may not be denied local control over the wages, salaries, rates of pay, hours of work, or other terms and conditions of employment to the extent the public employer and the association recognized as the sole and exclusive bargaining agent under Section 451.754 agree as provided by this subchapter.  Applicable statutes and applicable local rules and regulations apply to an issue not governed by the agreement.(b)  An agreement under this subchapter must be written.(c)  This subchapter does not require a public employer or a recognized association to meet and confer on any issue or reach an agreement.(d)  A public employer and the recognized association may meet and confer only if the association does not advocate an illegal strike by public employees.(e)  A peace officer of an authority may not engage in a strike or organized work stoppage against this state or a political subdivision of this state.  A peace officer who participates in a strike forfeits any civil service rights, reemployment rights, and other rights, benefits, or privileges the peace officer may have as a result of the person's employment or prior employment with the authority.  This subsection does not affect the right of a person to cease work if the person is not acting in concert with others in an organized work stoppage.(f)  The public employer's chief executive officer or the chief executive officer's designee shall select a group of persons to represent the public employer as its sole and exclusive bargaining agent for issues related to the employment of peace officers by the authority.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 186, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Transp Code § 451.754 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 451 - Metropolitan Rapid Transit Authorities|Subchapter P. Local Control of Peace Officer Employment Matters in Certain Authorities|Section 451.754. Recognition of Peace Officer Association

Sec. 451.754.  RECOGNITION OF PEACE OFFICER ASSOCIATION.  (a)  In an authority that chooses to meet and confer under this subchapter, the public employer shall recognize an association submitting a petition for recognition signed by a majority of the peace officers employed by the authority, excluding the head of the peace officer department of the authority and the assistant department heads in the rank or classification immediately below that of the department head, as the sole and exclusive bargaining agent for all of the peace officers employed by the authority, excluding the department head and assistant department heads, until recognition of the association is withdrawn by a majority of the peace officers eligible to sign a petition for recognition.(b)  Whether an association represents a majority of the covered peace officers shall be resolved by a fair election conducted according to procedures agreeable to the parties.  If the parties are unable to agree on election procedures, either party may request the American Arbitration Association to conduct the election and to certify the results.  Certification of the results of an election under this subsection resolves the question concerning representation.  The association is liable for the expenses of the election, except that if two or more associations seeking recognition as the bargaining agent submit petitions signed by a majority of the peace officers eligible to sign the petition, the associations shall share equally the costs of the election.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 186, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Transp Code § 451.755 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 451 - Metropolitan Rapid Transit Authorities|Subchapter P. Local Control of Peace Officer Employment Matters in Certain Authorities|Section 451.755. Open Records

Sec. 451.755.  OPEN RECORDS.  (a)  A proposed agreement and a document prepared and used by the authority in connection with a proposed agreement are available to the public under Chapter 552, Government Code, only after the agreement is ratified by the governing body of the authority.(b)  This section does not affect the application of Subchapter C, Chapter 552, Government Code, to a document prepared and used by the authority in connection with the agreement.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 186, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Transp Code § 451.756 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 451 - Metropolitan Rapid Transit Authorities|Subchapter P. Local Control of Peace Officer Employment Matters in Certain Authorities|Section 451.756. Ratification and Enforceability of Agreement

Sec. 451.756.  RATIFICATION AND ENFORCEABILITY OF AGREEMENT.  (a)  An agreement under this subchapter is enforceable and binding on the public employer, the recognized association, and the peace officers covered by the agreement only if:(1)  the authority's governing body ratified the agreement by a majority vote;  and(2)  the recognized association ratified the agreement by conducting a secret ballot election at which only the peace officers of the authority in the association were eligible to vote, and a majority of the votes cast at the election favored ratifying the agreement.(b)  An agreement ratified as described by Subsection (a) may establish a procedure by which the parties agree to resolve disputes related to a right, duty, or obligation provided by the agreement, including binding arbitration on a question involving interpretation of the agreement.(c)  A state district court of a judicial district in which the majority of the territory within the corporate limits of the principal municipality in the authority is located has jurisdiction to hear and resolve a dispute under the ratified agreement on the application of a party to the agreement aggrieved by an action or omission of the other party when the action or omission is related to a right, duty, or obligation provided by the agreement.  The court may issue proper restraining orders, temporary and permanent injunctions, or any other writ, order, or process, including contempt orders, that are appropriate to enforcing the agreement.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 186, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Transp Code § 451.757 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 451 - Metropolitan Rapid Transit Authorities|Subchapter P. Local Control of Peace Officer Employment Matters in Certain Authorities|Section 451.757. Agreement Supersedes Conflicting Provisions

Sec. 451.757.  AGREEMENT SUPERSEDES CONFLICTING PROVISIONS.  (a)  A written agreement ratified under this subchapter preempts, during the term of the agreement and to the extent of any conflict, all contrary state statutes, local ordinances, executive orders, civil service provisions, or rules adopted by the state, by the authority or another political subdivision, or by a division or agent of the authority or other political subdivision, such as a personnel board or a civil service commission.(b)  An agreement ratified under this subchapter may not interfere with the right of a member of a bargaining unit to pursue allegations of discrimination based on race, creed, color, national origin, religion, age, sex, or disability with the Commission on Human Rights or the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or to pursue affirmative action litigation. |Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 186, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Transp Code § 451.758 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 451 - Metropolitan Rapid Transit Authorities|Subchapter P. Local Control of Peace Officer Employment Matters in Certain Authorities|Section 451.758. Election to Repeal Agreement

Sec. 451.758.  ELECTION TO REPEAL AGREEMENT.  (a)  Not later than the 60th day after the date an agreement is ratified by the public employer and the association, a petition signed by a number of registered voters who reside in the authority service area equal to 10 percent of the votes cast at the most recent general election in the county in which a majority of the territory within the corporate limits of the principal municipality in the authority is located may be presented to the county clerk of that county calling for the repeal of the agreement.(b)  If a petition is presented to the county clerk under Subsection (a), the authority shall:(1)  repeal the agreement;  or(2)  certify that it is not repealing the agreement to the commissioners court of the county described by Subsection (a), which shall then call an election in the county to determine whether to repeal the agreement.(c)  An election called under Subsection (b)(2) may be held as part of the next regularly scheduled general election or at a special election called by the commissioners court for that purpose.  The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the proposition:  "Repeal the agreement ratified on _____ (date agreement was ratified) by the __________ (name of authority) and the peace officers employed by the authority concerning wages, salaries, rates of pay, hours of work, and other terms of employment."(d)  If a majority of the votes cast at the election favor the repeal of the agreement, the agreement is void.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 186, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Transp Code § 452.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 452 - Regional Transportation Authorities|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 452.002. Determination of Population

Sec. 452.002.  DETERMINATION OF POPULATION.  In this chapter, population of a municipality or area is determined by the most recent federal census unless there has been no federal census in the preceding five years, in which case the population is the latest population estimate of the appropriate metropolitan planning organization.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 452.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 452 - Regional Transportation Authorities|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 452.003. Municipalities May Provide Transportation Services

Sec. 452.003.  MUNICIPALITIES MAY PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.  This chapter does not prohibit a municipality from providing public or complementary transportation services.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 452.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 452 - Regional Transportation Authorities|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 452.004. Executive Committee of Authority Consisting of One Subregion

Sec. 452.004.  EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF AUTHORITY CONSISTING OF ONE SUBREGION.  The executive committee of an authority that consists of one subregion, other than an authority created by a contiguous municipality, is the board for the subregion and the members of the executive committee are selected in the manner prescribed for selection of the members of the board for that subregion.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 452.051 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 452 - Regional Transportation Authorities|Subchapter B. Powers of Authorities|Section 452.051. Powers Applicable to Confirmed Authority

Sec. 452.051.  POWERS APPLICABLE TO CONFIRMED AUTHORITY.  This subchapter applies only to an authority that has been confirmed.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Transp Code § 452.052 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Transportation Code|Title 6 - Roadways|Subtitle K - Mass Transportation|Chapter 452 - Regional Transportation Authorities|Subchapter B. Powers of Authorities|Section 452.052. Nature of Authority

Sec. 452.052.  NATURE OF AUTHORITY.  (a)  An authority:(1)  is a public political entity and corporate body;(2)  has perpetual succession;  and(3)  exercises public and essential governmental functions.(b)  The exercise of a power granted by this chapter, including a power relating to a station or terminal complex, is for a public purpose and is a matter of public necessity.(c)  An authority is a governmental unit under Chapter 101, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, and the operations of the authority are not proprietary functions for any purpose including the application of Chapter 101, Civil Practice and Remedies Code.|Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|