By: Hughes	S.B. No. 1387

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to an agreement with a private entity for dynamic message
	signs used in certain statewide alert systems.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  (a) This section takes effect only if the Act of
	the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021, relating to
	nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted codes
	becomes law.
	(b)  Chapter 411, Government Code, is amended by adding
	Subchapter K-1 to read as follows:
	SUBCHAPTER K-1. DYNAMIC MESSAGE SIGNS FOR ALERT SYSTEMS
	Sec. 411.301.  DYNAMIC MESSAGE SIGNS. (a) Except as
	provided by Subsection (c), the Texas Department of Transportation
	shall enter into an agreement with a private entity to provide
	information necessary for statewide alert systems created under
	Subchapters L, M, P, P-1, and Q as added by Chapter 227 (H.B. 1769),
	Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, through a
	system of dynamic message signs that are:
	(1)  located across the state; and
	(2)  capable of displaying digital images useful in
	locating the missing individual.
	(b)  The agreement under Subsection (a) must generate net
	revenue to the state, and tax revenue may not be used to fund the
	installation and operation of the dynamic message signs described
	by Subsection (a). The Texas Department of Transportation may
	accept gifts and grants of money, equipment, or other resources
	necessary to install and operate the dynamic message signs
	described by Subsection (a).
	(c)  The Texas Department of Transportation is not required
	to enter into an agreement under Subsection (a) if the department
	receives notice from the United States Department of Transportation
	Federal Highway Administration that the use of the dynamic message
	signs described by that subsection would result in the loss of
	federal highway funding or other punitive actions taken against
	this state due to noncompliance with federal laws, regulations, or
	policies.
	SECTION 2.  (a) This section takes effect only if the Act of
	the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021, relating to
	nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted codes does
	not become law.
	(b)  Chapter 411, Government Code, is amended by adding
	Subchapter K-1 to read as follows:
	SUBCHAPTER K-1. DYNAMIC MESSAGE SIGNS FOR ALERT SYSTEMS
	Sec. 411.301.  DYNAMIC MESSAGE SIGNS. (a) Except as
	provided by Subsection (c), the Texas Department of Transportation
	shall enter into an agreement with a private entity to provide
	information necessary for statewide alert systems created under
	Subchapters L, M, P, Q as added by Chapter 220 (H.B. 833), Acts of
	the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, and Q as added by
	Chapter 227 (H.B. 1769), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular
	Session, 2019, through a system of dynamic message signs that are:
	(1)  located across the state; and
	(2)  capable of displaying digital images useful in
	locating the missing individual.
	(b)  The agreement under Subsection (a) must generate net
	revenue to the state, and tax revenue may not be used to fund the
	installation and operation of the dynamic message signs described
	by Subsection (a). The Texas Department of Transportation may
	accept gifts and grants of money, equipment, or other resources
	necessary to install and operate the dynamic message signs
	described by Subsection (a).
	(c)  The Texas Department of Transportation is not required
	to enter into an agreement under Subsection (a) if the department
	receives notice from the United States Department of Transportation
	Federal Highway Administration that the use of the dynamic message
	signs described by that subsection would result in the loss of
	federal highway funding or other punitive actions taken against
	this state due to noncompliance with federal laws, regulations, or
	policies.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.