Title TN, Transportation Code

Sec. 451.455. COMPUTATION OF PERFORMANCE INDICATORS. (a) An authority's operating cost per passenger is computed by dividing the authority's annual operating cost by the passenger trips for the same period. (b) The sales and use tax receipts per passenger are computed by dividing…

Sec. 451.456. PERFORMANCE AUDIT RESPONSE; HEARING. (a) An authority for which a performance audit is conducted under Section 451.454 shall prepare a written response to the audit report. The response must include each proposal for action relating to recommendations included in th…

Sec. 451.457. DELIVERY OF REPORT AND RESPONSE. An authority required by Section 451.454 to contract for a performance audit shall, before February 1 of every second odd-numbered year, deliver a copy of each audit report and of the authority's response to the report to: (1) the go…

Sec. 451.458. INTERNAL AUDITOR. (a) This section applies only to an authority confirmed before July 1, 1985, in which the principal municipality has a population of less than 1.3 million. (b) The board shall appoint a qualified individual to perform internal auditing services for…

Sec. 451.460. ANNUAL REPORT. (a) This section applies only to an authority confirmed before July 1, 1985, in which the principal municipality has a population of less than 1.3 million. (b) The authority shall provide an annual report to each governing body of a municipality or co…

Sec. 451.501. BOARD MEMBERSHIP. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a board is composed of: (1) five members; plus (2) the number of additional members determined under Subsection (c), (d), or (e). (b) The board of an authority created by an alternate municipality is compos…

Sec. 451.502. APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS. (a) The five board members under Section 451.501(a)(1) are appointed by the governing body of the principal municipality, except in an authority having a principal municipality with a population of more than 1.9 million, the five board member…

Sec. 451.5021. BOARD COMPOSITION; CERTAIN AUTHORITIES. (a) This section applies only to the board of an authority created before July 1, 1985, in which the principal municipality has a population of less than 1.3 million. (b) Members of the board are appointed as follows: (1) one…

Sec. 451.503. APPOINTMENTS PANEL. (a) The mayor of the most populous municipality represented on a panel under Section 451.502 serves as the presiding officer of the panel. (b) The presiding officer shall, by giving written notice to each member, call a meeting of the panel as ne…

Sec. 451.5035. DESIGNATION OF ALTERNATE BY MAYOR. (a) This section applies only to an authority in which the principal municipality has a population of less than 320,000. (b) The mayor of a municipality who is unable to attend a meeting of an appointments panel may designate a pe…

Sec. 451.504. BOARD VACANCIES. (a) A vacancy on a board is filled by the person or entity that appointed the member who was in the position that is vacant. If confirmation of the previous position was required, confirmation of the vacancy appointment is required in the same manne…

Sec. 451.505. BOARD TERMS. (a) The term of board membership is two years. (b) The terms of members of a board are staggered if the authority was created before 1980 and has a principal municipality with a population of less than 1.9 million. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1,…

Sec. 451.506. TERM LIMITATIONS. (a) A member of the board may be reappointed except as provided by this section. (b) An individual may not serve more than eight years on the same board and may not be appointed to a term for which service to the completion of the term would exceed…

Sec. 451.507. BOARD MEMBERSHIP: RESIDENCY IN AUTHORITY. A member of the board must be a qualified voter residing in the authority. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Sec. 451.508. REMOVAL BY BOARD. A board member may be removed from office by the other members of the board because of a ground for removal described by Section 451.510. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 30.2…

Sec. 451.509. REMOVAL BY APPOINTING PERSON OR ENTITY. (a) In an authority in which the principal municipality has a population of less than 1.3 million and in which the authority's sales and use tax is imposed at a rate of one percent, a member of the board may be removed from of…

Sec. 451.510. GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL FROM BOARD. The grounds for removal of a member of a board are: (1) inefficiency in office; (2) nonfeasance or malfeasance in office; (3) not having at the time of appointment or not maintaining during service on the board the qualifications for …

Sec. 451.511. REMOVAL OF BOARD MEMBER: NOTICE AND HEARING. (a) The person or entity proposing to remove a board member under Section 451.508 or 451.509 shall give the member a written statement of the grounds for removal. The member is entitled to a hearing before the board or en…

Sec. 451.512. GROUND FOR REMOVAL: VALIDITY OF BOARD ACTS. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), in an authority in which the principal municipality has a population of less than 1.3 million or more than 1.9 million, an action of the board is not invalid because a ground for r…

Sec. 451.513. RECALL OF MEMBERS: CERTAIN AUTHORITIES. (a) A board member of an authority that has a principal municipality with a population of more than 1.3 million may be removed, as provided by this section, on a petition for the recall of the member submitted by the registere…

Sec. 451.514. BOARD MEETINGS: WHEN HELD. (a) A board shall hold at least one regular meeting each month to transact the business of the authority. The board by resolution recorded in the minutes of the board's meetings shall set the place, date, and time for each regular meeting.…

Sec. 451.515. BOARD MEETINGS: VOTING. (a) An action of a board requires a vote of a majority of the members of the board present at a board meeting unless the bylaws of the board require a larger number for a particular action. (b) This section does not permit a board action in t…

Sec. 451.516. INCREASE OF MEMBERSHIP: CONTINUITY. If the membership of a board is increased under Section 451.501, the board as constituted immediately before the increase may continue as the board of the authority until the additional members are appointed and seated. Acts 1995,…

Sec. 451.517. BOARD MEETINGS: RULES AND BYLAWS. A board by resolution may adopt rules and bylaws for the conduct of board meetings. These rules and bylaws shall be recorded in the minutes of board meetings. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Sec. 451.518. BOARD MEETINGS: NOTICE. In addition to notice required by Chapter 551, Government Code, a board shall post a board meeting notice in the authority's administrative offices and at the courthouse of the most populous county in which the principal municipality of the a…

Sec. 451.519. BOARD MEMBERS: EXPENSES; PER DIEM. (a) An authority shall reimburse a board member for all necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of official authority duties. (b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), an authority in which the principal municipality has a pop…

Sec. 451.520. BOARD OFFICERS AND SECRETARIES. (a) The board shall elect from among its membership a presiding officer, an assistant presiding officer, and a secretary. This subsection does not apply to the selection of a presiding officer who is appointed under Section 451.502(e)…

Sec. 451.551. ADDITION OF TERRITORY BY MUNICIPAL ANNEXATION. When a municipality that is part of an authority annexes territory that before the annexation is not part of the authority, the annexed territory becomes part of the authority. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff…

Sec. 451.552. ADDITION OF MUNICIPALITY BY ELECTION. (a) The territory of a municipality that is not a part of an authority may be added to an authority if: (1) any part of the municipality is located in a county, or in any county adjacent to a county, in which the authority is lo…

Sec. 451.553. ADDITION OF COUNTY AREA BY ELECTION. (a) The territory of a part of a county that is not a part of an authority and that is designated by the commissioners court of the county may be added to an authority if: (1) any part of the county is located in the authority or…

Sec. 451.554. BOARD APPROVAL OF ANNEXATION: EFFECTIVE DATE. (a) The addition of territory annexed under Section 451.551, or approved under Section 451.552 or 451.553, does not take effect if, before the effective date of the addition under Subsection (b), the board of the authori…

Sec. 451.555. ADDED TERRITORY: EFFECTIVE DATE OF TAXES. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a tax imposed by an authority takes effect in territory added to the authority when the addition takes effect. (b) A sales and use tax imposed by an authority under Subchapter I take…

Sec. 451.601. UNIT OF ELECTION DEFINED. In this subchapter, "unit of election" means: (1) a municipality, including a principal municipality; (2) an unincorporated area designated by a commissioners court under Section 451.657 as a discrete unit for the purposes of a confirmation…

Sec. 451.602. AUTHORITIES COVERED BY SUBCHAPTER. Except as provided by Section 451.617, this subchapter applies only to an authority in which the principal municipality has a population of less than 1.3 million and that was confirmed before July 1, 1985. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch.…

Sec. 451.603. WITHDRAWAL OF UNIT OF ELECTION. (a) The governing body of a unit of election may order an election to withdraw the unit of election from an authority. (b) On the determination by a governing body of a unit of election that a petition for withdrawal under this subcha…

Sec. 451.604. PETITION FOR WITHDRAWAL ELECTION. (a) At the request of a registered voter of a unit of election in an authority, the municipal secretary or other clerk or administrator of the unit of election shall deliver to the voter, in the number requested, petition signature …

Sec. 451.605. REVIEW OF PETITION. (a) The secretary, clerk, or administrator of a unit of election in which a petition for withdrawal from an authority is filed shall examine the petition and file with the governing body of the unit a report stating whether the petition, in the o…

Sec. 451.606. INVALID PETITION. (a) The governing body of a unit of election that receives an invalid petition shall reject the petition. (b) A petition that is rejected is void and the petition and each sheet of the rejected petition may not be used in connection with a subseque…

Sec. 451.607. ELECTION. (a) An election to withdraw from an authority ordered under this subchapter must be held on the first applicable uniform election date occurring after the expiration of 90 days after the date the governing body orders the election. (b) The governing body s…

Sec. 451.608. RESULT OF WITHDRAWAL ELECTION. (a) If a majority of the votes received on the measure in an election held under Section 451.607 favor the proposition, the authority continues in the unit of election. (b) If less than a majority of the votes received on the measure i…

Sec. 451.609. EFFECT OF WITHDRAWAL. (a) On the effective date of a withdrawal from an authority: (1) the authority shall, except as provided by Section 451.610, cease providing transportation services in the withdrawn unit of election; and (2) the financial obligations of the aut…

Sec. 451.610. CONTINUATION OF SERVICES TO PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. (a) An authority shall continue to provide transportation services for persons with disabilities in a withdrawn unit of election. The authority may not charge a fare for transportation services to persons with d…

Sec. 451.611. DETERMINATION OF TOTAL AMOUNT OF FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS OF WITHDRAWN UNIT. (a) The net financial obligation of a withdrawn unit of election to the authority is an amount equal to: (1) the gross financial obligations of the unit, which is the sum of: (A) the unit's ap…

Sec. 451.612. CERTIFICATION OF NET FINANCIAL OBLIGATION OF UNIT. (a) The board shall certify to the governing body of a withdrawn unit of election and to the comptroller the net financial obligation of the unit to the authority as determined under this subchapter. (b) If there is…

Sec. 451.613. COLLECTION OF SALES AND USE TAX AFTER WITHDRAWAL. (a) Until the amount of revenue from an authority's sales and use tax collected in a withdrawn unit of election after the effective date of withdrawal and paid to the authority equals the net financial obligation of …

Sec. 451.614. REFUNDS OF EXCESS SALES AND USE TAX REVENUE. (a) The comptroller shall refund to the unit of election the amount of the authority's sales and use tax revenue: (1) that is in excess of the net financial obligation of the unit and was collected in the unit after the d…