Transit Boards In Cities Under 320,000 Get Looser Term Limits

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89R4900 SRA-F

By: Villalobos
H.B. No. 5192

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the operation of certain metropolitan transit

authorities.

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

SECTION 1. Section 162.356(b), Tax Code, is amended to read

as follows:

(b) The exemption provided by Subsection (a)(11) does not

apply to compressed natural gas or liquefied natural gas delivered

into the fuel supply tank of a motor vehicle from a refueling

facility accessible to motor vehicles other than :

(1) motor vehicles [ those ] described by Subsection

(a)(11)(A) ; or

(2) motor vehicles exempt from the tax imposed by this

subchapter under another provision of Subsection (a), if the:

(A) refueling facility is operated by a

metropolitan rapid transit authority operating under Chapter 451,

Transportation Code, in which the principal municipality has a

population of less than 320,000; and

(B) use of the refueling facility by those

vehicles is limited to emergencies and other exigent circumstances

as provided by an interlocal agreement under Chapter 791,

Government Code .

SECTION 2. Section 451.061(d-1), Transportation Code, is

amended to read as follows:

(d-1) The establishment of or a change to fares, tolls,

charges, rents, and other compensation by an authority [ confirmed

before July 1, 1985, ] in which the principal municipality has a

population of less than 1.3 million[ , ] takes effect immediately on

approval by a majority vote of the board, except that the

establishment of or a change to a single-ride base fare takes effect

on the 60th day after the date the board approves the fare or change

to the fare, unless the policy board of the metropolitan planning

organization that serves the area of the authority disapproves the

fare or change to the fare by a majority vote.

SECTION 3. Section 451.506, Transportation Code, is amended

by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:

(b-1) This subsection applies only to an individual serving

on the board of an authority in which the principal municipality has

a population of less than 320,000. For purposes of Subsection (b),

in determining the length of service on the board of an individual

to whom this subsection applies the following periods of service

are excluded:

(1) a period of service that results from the

individual's appointment to fill an unexpired term that occurs

before the individual's first appointment to a full term on the

board; or

(2) a period of service on the board that is

attributable to a term shortened by the individual's appointment as

the board's presiding officer under Section 451.502(e).

SECTION 4. 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. If this

Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this

Act takes effect September 1, 2025.