Bill Text: TX HB1545 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to a study regarding the use of certain public transportation services by persons with disabilities.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [HB1545 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB1545-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 1545 | ||
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| relating to a study regarding the use of certain public | ||
| transportation services by persons with disabilities. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. (a) In this Act, "providers" and "services" have | ||
| the meanings assigned by Section 461.009, Transportation Code. | ||
| (b) The Governor's Committee on People with Disabilities, | ||
| in coordination with providers located in rural and urban areas of | ||
| the state, and paratransit advocacy groups, shall conduct a study | ||
| to determine: | ||
| (1) the feasibility of standardizing the process of | ||
| certifying an individual's eligibility for services in the state; | ||
| and | ||
| (2) whether the current 21-day provision of services | ||
| by a provider is adequate to meet the needs of visitors with | ||
| disabilities to locations served by the provider. | ||
| (c) Not later than January 1, 2015, the Governor's Committee | ||
| on People with Disabilities shall submit a report on the findings of | ||
| the study performed under this section to the governor, lieutenant | ||
| governor, speaker of the house of representatives, and standing | ||
| committees of the senate and house of representatives that have | ||
| jurisdiction over issues related to transportation. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 1545 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 25, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 136, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
| voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
| No. 1545 on May 22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 2, | ||
| 2 present, not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 1545 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
| amendments, on May 20, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays | ||
| 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
