HBA-DMH H.B. 1718 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 1718
By: Davis, Yvonne
Transportation
7/16/2001
Enrolled



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Prior to the 77th Legislature, appointments to the board of directors of
the North Texas Tollway Authority were made by the governor and the
commissioners court of each of the four counties in which the turnpike
project is located.  Because the governor made three of the seven
appointments, the governor had greater appointment authority than the
commissioners court of each county.  House Bill 1718 requires the governor
to make one appointment to the board of directors of a regional tollway
authority, and requires the commissioners courts of the counties of the
authority to make the remaining appointments. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

ANALYSIS

House Bill 1718 amends the Transportation Code to reduce from three to one
the number of directors that the governor appoints to the board of
directors of a regional tollway authority.  The one director appointed by
the governor must have resided for at least one year in a county outside
the authority that is adjacent to a county of the authority.  The bill sets
forth provisions for the manner in which the remaining appointments are to
be made by a commissioners court of a county of the authority.  

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2001.