Maverick County Mobility Authority Skips The Usual State Approval

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By: Morales of Maverick
H.B. No. 3332

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the creation of the Maverick County Regional Mobility

Authority; authorizing a fee.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Chapter 370, Transportation Code, is amended by

adding Subchapter L to read as follows:

SUBCHAPTER L. MAVERICK COUNTY REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITY

Sec. 370.451. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "member

county" means a county located in the territory of the Maverick

County Regional Mobility Authority.

Sec. 370.452. NATURE OF AUTHORITY. (a) The Maverick County

Regional Mobility Authority is an authority organized under this

chapter.

(b) A provision of this chapter that requires the commission

to approve the creation of an authority does not apply to the

Maverick County Regional Mobility Authority.

Sec. 370.453. CONFLICTS WITH OTHER LAW. In the case of a

conflict between this subchapter and other provisions of this

chapter or other law governing regional mobility authorities, this

subchapter controls.

Sec. 370.454. MEMBER COUNTIES. (a) The Maverick County

Regional Mobility Authority initially includes Maverick County.

(b) A county may be added to or withdrawn from the Maverick

County Regional Mobility Authority in the manner provided by

Section 370.0315.

Sec. 370.455. BOARD OF DIRECTORS; TERMS. (a) The governing

body of the Maverick County Regional Mobility Authority is a board

of directors consisting of three directors appointed by the

Commissioners Court of Maverick County.

(b) The commissioners court of each county that is added to

the Maverick County Regional Mobility Authority shall appoint a

number of additional directors to the board determined by agreement

of the member counties to ensure fair representation of political

subdivisions in the member counties.

(c) The board shall elect a director representing Maverick

County as the presiding officer. A director may not serve as

presiding officer for more than two consecutive years.

(d) Directors serve two-year terms, with as near as possible

to one-half of the directors' terms expiring on February 1 of each

year.

Sec. 370.456. INITIAL DIRECTORS. (a) Of the initial

directors, the term of one of the directors expires February 1,

2027, and the terms of two of the directors expire February 1, 2028.

(b) Section 370.455(d) does not apply to an initial

director.

(c) This section expires September 1, 2028.

SECTION 2. Sections 502.402(a) and (b-1), Transportation

Code, are amended to read as follows:

(a) This section applies only to:

(1) a county that:

(A) borders the United Mexican States; and

(B) has a population of more than 250,000;

(2) a county that has a population of more than 1.5

million that is coterminous with a regional mobility authority;

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(3) a county that has a population of more than 190,000

and not more than 1.5 million that is coterminous with a regional

mobility authority ; and

(4) a member county of the Maverick County Regional

Mobility Authority, as established under Subchapter L, Chapter 370 .

(b-1) The commissioners court of a county described by

Subsection (a)(1), (2), or (3) [ (a) ] with a population of less than

700,000 may increase the additional fee to an amount that does not

exceed $20 if approved by a majority of the qualified voters of the

county voting on the issue at a referendum election, which the

commissioners court may order and hold for that purpose.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2026, but only

if the constitutional amendment proposed by the 89th Legislature,

Regular Session, 2025, to authorize the legislature to create a

regional mobility authority by local law is approved by the voters.

If that amendment is not approved by the voters, this Act has no

effect.