Title TN, Transportation Code

Sec. 463.255. VOTING REQUIREMENTS. A majority of the members of the executive committee constitutes a quorum, and when a quorum is present, action may be taken by a majority vote of the members present unless the bylaws require a larger number for a particular action. Added by Ac…

Sec. 463.301. CREATION OF AUTHORITY AUTHORIZED. The board of directors of the regional planning commission established for the area included in the boundaries of the counties to which this chapter applies may initiate the process to create a regional transit authority to provide …

Sec. 463.302. INITIATING ORDER OR RESOLUTION: CONTENTS. To initiate the process of creating an authority, the board of directors described by Section 463.301 must adopt a resolution or order containing the designation of each time and place for holding public hearings on the prop…

Sec. 463.303. NOTICE OF HEARING. (a) Notice of the time and place of the public hearings on the creation of the authority shall be published, beginning at least 30 days before the date of the hearing, once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in …

Sec. 463.304. CONDUCT OF HEARING. (a) The board of directors described by Section 463.301 creating an authority shall conduct public hearings on the creation. (b) Any person may appear at a hearing and offer evidence on: (1) the creation of the authority; (2) the operation of a p…

Sec. 463.305. RESOLUTION OR ORDER. (a) After hearing the evidence presented at the hearings, but not earlier than 75 days after the date the process is initiated by the board of directors described by Section 463.301, the board may adopt a resolution or order: (1) designating the…

Sec. 463.306. INTERIM EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. (a) The interim executive committee is composed as provided by Section 463.251 for an executive committee except that the interim executive committee must include an additional member who is a member of the board of directors of a commut…

Sec. 463.307. APPROVAL OF SERVICE PLAN. Not later than the 45th day after the date the interim executive committee approves the service plan, the commissioners court of each county creating an authority must approve, by resolution or order, the service plan. Added by Acts 2019, 8…

Sec. 463.308. NOTICE OF INTENT TO CALL ELECTION. After approval is received under Section 463.307, but not earlier than the 61st day after the date the interim executive committee approves a service plan, the interim executive committee shall notify the commissioners court of eac…

Sec. 463.309. CONFIRMATION ELECTION. The interim executive committee in calling the confirmation election shall submit to the qualified voters of each county in the authority the following proposition: "Shall the creation of (name of authority) be confirmed?" Added by Acts 2019, …

Sec. 463.310. CONDUCT OF ELECTION. The interim executive committee shall canvass the returns and declare the results of the election separately with respect to each county. Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 151 (H.B. 71), Sec. 1, eff. May 24, 2019.

Sec. 463.311. RESULTS OF ELECTION; ORDER. (a) The authority is confirmed if a majority of the votes received in each county favor the proposition. (b) If the authority continues, the interim executive committee shall record the results in its minutes and adopt an order: (1) decla…

Sec. 463.312. EFFECT OF CREATION ON COMMUTER RAIL DISTRICT. On the creation of an authority the boundaries of which overlap the territory of a commuter rail district described by Chapter 174, the commuter rail district is dissolved, and all assets, including property, and all lia…

Sec. 463.313. COST OF ELECTION. The board of directors described by Section 463.301 creating an authority shall pay the cost of the confirmation election. Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 151 (H.B. 71), Sec. 1, eff. May 24, 2019.

Sec. 463.314. EXPIRATION OF UNCONFIRMED AUTHORITY. An authority that has not been confirmed expires on the third anniversary of the effective date of a resolution or order initiating the process to create the authority. Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 151 (H.B. 71), Sec.…