Bill Text: TX HB2637 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of the urban air mobility advisory committee.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-05-11 - Laid on the table subject to call [HB2637 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2637-Comm_Sub.html
87R5914 JRR-F | ||
By: Cook, Anchia, Thompson of Harris, Rose, | H.B. No. 2637 | |
Goldman, et al. |
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relating to the creation of the urban air mobility advisory | ||
committee. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 21, Transportation Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 21.004 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 21.004. URBAN AIR MOBILITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE. (a) | ||
The commission shall appoint an advisory committee to assess | ||
current state law and any potential changes to state law that are | ||
needed to facilitate the development of urban air mobility | ||
operations and infrastructure in this state. | ||
(b) The commission shall appoint to the advisory committee | ||
members to represent: | ||
(1) diverse geographic regions of the state; | ||
(2) state and local law enforcement; | ||
(3) the urban air mobility industry; | ||
(4) transportation experts; | ||
(5) local governments; and | ||
(6) the general public. | ||
(c) The advisory committee shall: | ||
(1) hold public hearings in locations across the state | ||
or via electronic means; and | ||
(2) receive comments through an Internet website, by | ||
mail, and by other methods, if appropriate. | ||
(d) Not later than September 1, 2022, the advisory committee | ||
shall report to the commission and to the members of the legislature | ||
the committee's findings and recommendations on any changes to | ||
state law that are needed to facilitate the development of urban air | ||
mobility operations and infrastructure. | ||
(e) The advisory committee is abolished and this section | ||
expires January 1, 2023. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |