85R3351 BEE-D     By: Watson S.B. No. 858       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the expansion of a fixed rail transit system by certain   metropolitan rapid transit authorities.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 451.071(f), Transportation Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (f)  A referendum on a proposal to expand a system approved   under this section is required only if [may be held on any date   specified in Section 41.001, Election Code, or a date chosen by   order of the board of the authority, provided that:                [(1)     the referendum is held no earlier than the 62nd   day after the date of the order; and                [(2)]  the proposed expansion involves the addition of   [not] more than 30 [12] miles of track to the system.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.