{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-451.5035","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 451.5035","heading":"DESIGNATION OF ALTERNATE BY MAYOR.","body":"(a) This section applies only to an authority in which the principal municipality has a population of less than 320,000.\n(b) The mayor of a municipality who is unable to attend a meeting of an appointments panel may designate a person to:\n(1) represent the municipality at the meeting; and\n(2) vote at the meeting.\n(c) To be eligible to be designated under Subsection (b), a person must be a council member, alderman, commissioner, or other officer of the municipality.\n(d) A designation under Subsection (b) must:\n(1) be in writing;\n(2) be signed by the mayor; and\n(3) be filed with the minutes of the appointments panel kept by the authority.\nAdded by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 30.27(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1997.\nAmended by:\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1163 (H.B. 2702), Sec. 164, eff. September 1, 2011.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 6. ROADWAYS","SUBTITLE K. MASS TRANSPORTATION","CHAPTER 451. METROPOLITAN RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITIES","SUBCHAPTER K. BOARDS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.451.htm#451.5035","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"e7d670fa431c97c61b0188c27e3cbfd101185546993cc02b964cd60e5bf02c15","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-451.503","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-451.504"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}