HBA-MSH, DMH C.S.H.B. 2051 77(R)BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisC.S.H.B. 2051 By: Truitt Transportation 4/18/2001 Committee Report (Substituted) BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Currently, the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport Board of Directors is composed of 11 members from or appointed by the cities of Dallas and Fort Worth. The airport actually occupies land and conducts operations in the cities of Grapevine, Coppell, Irving, and Euless without board representation from those cities. Communities in Grapevine, Coppell, Irving, and Euless are affected by airport operations, but do not have input in airport development or decision making. C.S.H.B. 2051 modifies joint board membership for a county or municipal airport to create a position for a member from a non-constituent municipality from each county that has territory within the boundaries of the airport. 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 C.S.H.B. 2051 amends the Transportation Code to provide that the joint board consisting of two or more public agencies (joint board) for which the constituent agencies are populous home-rule municipalities must include in its membership from each county that has territory within the airport's boundaries the chief executive officer of a non-constituent municipality appointed by the constituent agencies in accordance with the provisions that govern the joint board. The bill limits the number of members of a joint board to 11. The bill prohibits a non-constituent municipality's chief executive officer from being appointed to a subsequent term until the chief executive officer of each of the other non-constituent municipalities has served an intervening term. The bill provides that a chief executive officer of a non-constituent municipality serves without reimbursement except for actual expenses incurred in the performance of official joint board duties. The bill requires the joint board to appoint not later than October 1, 2001 a chief executive officer of a non-constituent municipality from each county that has territory within the boundaries of the airport to serve the same term as a member appointed by the governing authority of a participating agency. EFFECTIVE DATE September 1, 2001. COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL TO SUBSTITUTE C.S.H.B. 2051 differs from the original by limiting the number of members of a joint board to 11. The substitute provides that the chief executive officer of a non-constituent municipality must be appointed to the joint board from each county that has territory within the airport's boundaries. The substitute sets forth provisions relating to the reimbursement of a chief executive officer of a non-constituent municipality. The substitute requires the appointment of the chief executive officers of non-constituent municipalities to be made not later than October 1, 2001.