Title TN, Transportation Code

Sec. 451.651. INITIAL PROCEEDINGS TO CREATE AUTHORITY. (a) The governing body of an alternate municipality shall, on receipt of a petition requesting the creation of an authority and signed by not fewer than 500 registered voters of the municipality, initiate proceedings to creat…

Sec. 451.652. NOTICE OF HEARING. (a) Notice of the time and place of the hearing on the creation of an authority, including a description of the area proposed to be included in the authority, shall be published once each week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general ci…

Sec. 451.653. CONDUCT OF HEARING. (a) The governing body of the alternate municipality shall conduct the hearing on the creation of the authority at the place and time specified in the notice of the hearing. The hearing may be continued during the periods necessary to complete th…

Sec. 451.654. ORDINANCE OF CREATION; FINDINGS. (a) The governing body of an alternate municipality, after hearing the evidence presented at the hearing, shall adopt an ordinance creating an authority if the governing body finds that the creation of the authority and the operation…

Sec. 451.655. MUNICIPALITY TO FUND BOARD. The alternate municipality shall fund the board for research and planning purposes until the confirmation and tax election. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Sec. 451.656. BOARD TO ORDER ELECTION. The original board shall order a confirmation and tax election: (1) when the board determines that implementation of the authority is feasible; (2) after the board, by order recorded in its minutes, has determined the nature and rate of any …

Sec. 451.657. COMMISSIONERS COURT TO DESIGNATE ELECTION AREAS. (a) Before the 31st day after the date a commissioners court receives a notice under Section 451.656(3), the commissioners court by order shall designate not more than five election areas in the unincorporated area of…

Sec. 451.658. ELECTION NOTICE. In addition to notice required by the Election Code, an election notice must contain a description of the nature and rate of any proposed tax. A copy of the election notice must be delivered to the Texas Department of Transportation and the comptrol…

Sec. 451.659. PROPOSITION. The board, in ordering an election under this subchapter, shall submit to the voters the following proposition: "Shall the creation of (name of authority) be confirmed and shall the levy of the proposed tax be authorized?" Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165,…

Sec. 451.660. CONDUCT OF ELECTION: SEPARATE RESULTS FOR UNIT OF ELECTION. The election shall be conducted so that votes are separately tabulated and canvassed and that the result is declared in each unit of election in the authority as follows: (1) the alternate city; and (2) eac…

Sec. 451.661. RESULTS OF ELECTION; ORDER. (a) The board shall declare the results of the election separately by each unit of election. In each unit of election in which a majority of the votes received favor the proposition, the authority is confirmed and continues in each of tho…

Sec. 451.662. COSTS OF BOARD. (a) The alternate municipality shall pay the costs incurred under Section 451.519(a) by members of the board before the authority receives revenue. (b) The authority, after receiving revenue, shall reimburse the alternate municipality for costs paid …

Sec. 451.663. COMPOSITION OF BOARD ON CONFIRMATION. Except as required by Subchapter K, the composition of the board is not changed by confirmation of the authority. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Sec. 451.664. COST OF ELECTION. The alternate municipality shall pay the cost of the confirmation and tax election. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Sec. 451.665. EXPIRATION OF UNCONFIRMED AUTHORITY. An authority, the existence of which has not been confirmed, ceases on the earlier of: (1) the third anniversary of the effective date of the ordinance creating the authority; or (2) the date the governing body of the alternate m…

Sec. 451.701. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Advanced transportation" means light rail, commuter rail, fixed guideways, traffic management systems, bus ways, bus lanes, technologically advanced bus transit vehicles and systems, bus rapid transit vehicles and systems, passe…

Sec. 451.702. ELECTION AUTHORIZED. (a) The board of an authority in which the sales and use tax is imposed at a rate of one-half of one percent and in which the principal municipality has a population of more than 1.3 million may order an election to create an advanced transporta…

Sec. 451.703. CONDUCT OF INITIAL ELECTION: SEPARATE RESULT. The election shall be conducted so that votes are separately tabulated and canvassed and that the result is declared in each unit of election in the authority as follows: (1) in each municipality in the authority; and (2…

Sec. 451.704. RESULTS OF ELECTION; ORDER. (a) If a majority of the votes cast in the principal municipality of the authority are in favor of the proposition, the district is created and includes: (1) the principal municipality; (2) each municipality in which a majority of the vot…

Sec. 451.705. SUBSEQUENT ELECTIONS. (a) If the initial election under Section 451.702 is held only in the principal municipality, or if the voters of another municipality or the unincorporated area of a county do not vote to join the district at the initial election under Section…

Sec. 451.706. LIMITATION ON TAX RATE. (a) The combined rate of all sales and use taxes imposed by the district and all other political subdivisions of this state may not exceed two percent in any location in the district. (b) If the approval of the district's tax at an election h…

Sec. 451.707. GOVERNANCE OF DISTRICT. (a) The board of the authority shall act as the governing body of the district and is responsible for the management, operation, and control of the district. (b) The business of the district is conducted through its governing body and by the …

Sec. 451.708. DISTRICT ASSETS AND RECORDKEEPING. (a) An asset of the district shall be held in the name of the authority. (b) The authority shall keep separate books and accounting records for the funds, revenues, expenses, and other property of the district. Added by Acts 1999, …

Sec. 451.709. NATURE OF DISTRICT. The district is a governmental unit under Chapter 101, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, and the operations of the district are not proprietary functions for any purpose, including the application of Chapter 101, Civil Practice and Remedies Code.…

Sec. 451.710. ANNEXATION OF TERRITORY BY MUNICIPALITY. On annexation by a municipality that is in the district, territory that is not in the district becomes part of the district. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 155, Sec. 1, eff. May 21, 1999. SUBCHAPTER P. LOCAL CONTROL OF PE…

Sec. 451.751. APPLICABILITY. This subchapter applies only to an authority in which the principal municipality has a population of more than 1.5 million. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 186, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.

Sec. 451.752. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Association" means an organization in which peace officers employed by the authority participate and that exists for the purpose, wholly or partly, of dealing with the authority concerning grievances, labor disputes, wages, rate…

Sec. 451.753. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO AGREEMENTS, RECOGNITION, AND STRIKES. (a) An authority may not be denied local control over the wages, salaries, rates of pay, hours of work, or other terms and conditions of employment to the extent the public employer and the associa…

Sec. 451.754. RECOGNITION OF PEACE OFFICER ASSOCIATION. (a) In an authority that chooses to meet and confer under this subchapter, the public employer shall recognize an association submitting a petition for recognition signed by a majority of the peace officers employed by the a…

Sec. 451.755. OPEN RECORDS. (a) A proposed agreement and a document prepared and used by the authority in connection with a proposed agreement are available to the public under Chapter 552, Government Code, only after the agreement is ratified by the governing body of the authori…

Sec. 451.756. RATIFICATION AND ENFORCEABILITY OF AGREEMENT. (a) An agreement under this subchapter is enforceable and binding on the public employer, the recognized association, and the peace officers covered by the agreement only if: (1) the authority's governing body ratified t…

Sec. 451.757. AGREEMENT SUPERSEDES CONFLICTING PROVISIONS. (a) A written agreement ratified under this subchapter preempts, during the term of the agreement and to the extent of any conflict, all contrary state statutes, local ordinances, executive orders, civil service provision…

Sec. 451.758. ELECTION TO REPEAL AGREEMENT. (a) Not later than the 60th day after the date an agreement is ratified by the public employer and the association, a petition signed by a number of registered voters who reside in the authority service area equal to 10 percent of the v…