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�	S.B.�No.�964

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�	AN ACT
�	relating to the board of directors of a regional tollway authority.
�	�������BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
�	�������SECTION�1.��Section 366.251, Transportation Code, is amended
�	by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsections (c-1) and (d-1)
�	to read as follows:
�	�������(c)��In addition to directors appointed by a commissioners
�	court under Subsection (b), the commissioners courts of each county
�	[those counties] of the authority [in which all or part of a
�	turnpike project is located and open for use by the traveling
�	public] shall appoint one [two] additional director if the county
�	is [directors as follows]:
�	�������������(1)��a [if the open turnpike project is located
�	entirely in one] county[, the commissioners court of] that created
�	the authority under Section 366.031 [county shall appoint the two
�	additional directors]; or
�	�������������(2)��a county in which all or part of a [if the open]
�	turnpike project of not less than 10 centerline miles in length is
�	located and has been open for use by the traveling public for at
�	least three years [in two counties of the authority, the
�	commissioners court of each county shall appoint one of the
�	additional directors; or
�	�������������[(3) � � if the open turnpike project is located in more
�	than two counties, the commissioners court of each county in which
�	the project is located shall appoint one additional director on a
�	rotating basis and in accordance with a schedule agreed to and
�	approved by concurrent resolutions adopted by the commissioners
�	courts of at least three-fourths of the counties of the authority].
�	�������(c-1)��The commissioners court of a county eligible to
�	appoint an additional director under Subsection (c) shall ensure
�	that each director appointed by that commissioners court resides in
�	a different geographic region in that county. To the extent
�	possible, appointments to the board must reflect the diversity of
�	the population of the various counties.
�	�������(d-1)��If one or more directors are subsequently appointed to
�	the board, the directors other than the subsequent appointees shall
�	determine the length of the appointees' terms, to comply with
�	Subsection (d).
�	�������SECTION�2.��Subsection (f), Section 366.251, Transportation
�	Code, is repealed.
�	�������SECTION�3.��The change in law made by this Act does not
�	affect the term of a member of the board of directors serving on the
�	effective date of this Act. Members appointed to fill vacancies
�	occurring on or after the effective date of this Act must be
�	appointed in accordance with Section 366.251, Transportation Code,
�	as amended by this Act.
�	�������SECTION�4.��The change in law made by this Act does not
�	prohibit a person who is a member of a regional tollway authority
�	board of directors before the effective date of this Act from being
�	appointed as a member of the board under the new composition of the
�	board of a regional tollway authority if the person has the
�	qualifications required for the position under Section 366.251,
�	Transportation Code, as amended by this Act, and otherwise under
�	Chapter 366, Transportation Code.
�	�������SECTION�5.��This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.
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�	______________________________	______________________________
�	���President of the Senate	Speaker of the House�����
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�	�������I hereby certify that S.B.�No.�964 passed the Senate on
�	April�12,�2007, by the following vote: Yeas�31, Nays�0; and that
�	the Senate concurred in House amendment on May�26,�2007, by the
�	following vote: Yeas�30, Nays�0.
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�	Secretary of the Senate����
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�	�������I hereby certify that S.B.�No.�964 passed the House, with
�	amendment, on May�23,�2007, by the following vote: Yeas�144,
�	Nays�0, two present not voting.
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�	Chief Clerk of the House���
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�	Approved:
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�	����������Governor