Bill Text: TX SB161 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to highway funding formulas of and project selection by the Texas Department of Transportation.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-09 - Left pending in committee [SB161 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB161-Introduced.html
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| By: Shapiro | S.B. No. 161 | |
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| relating to highway funding formulas of and project selection by | ||
| the Texas Department of Transportation. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 201, Transportation Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Sections 201.6021 and 201.6022 to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| Sec. 201.6021. FUNDING FORMULAS FOR HIGHWAY PROJECTS. (a) | ||
| The commission shall adopt rules creating funding formulas for | ||
| highway projects. In developing the formulas, the commission shall | ||
| consider the input of planning organizations, transportation | ||
| officials, and local government officials. | ||
| (b) All funds received by the department for highways, | ||
| including toll roads and toll road systems, that may be allocated in | ||
| this state's or the department's discretion shall be allocated | ||
| according to a formula designed to determine the proportion of | ||
| funds necessary to address: | ||
| (1) rural and statewide connectivity needs; and | ||
| (2) the needs of urban and other heavily populated | ||
| areas. | ||
| (c) The department shall allocate from each category in | ||
| Subsection (b) amounts derived by formula to each district. The | ||
| formula must be based on performance measures and include the | ||
| following criteria: | ||
| (1) center lane miles; | ||
| (2) level of congestion; | ||
| (3) percentage of population below federal poverty | ||
| level; | ||
| (4) population; | ||
| (5) safety; and | ||
| (6) vehicle miles traveled. | ||
| Sec. 201.6022. HIGHWAY PROJECT SELECTION CRITERIA: | ||
| FEASIBILITY AND POPULATION AND USE PROJECTIONS. (a) The department | ||
| shall develop criteria to determine the feasibility of highway | ||
| projects to be included in local transportation improvement plans | ||
| and the statewide transportation improvement plan. | ||
| (b) The department shall adopt population and highway | ||
| demand projections for each area for which a metropolitan planning | ||
| organization or the department develops a transportation | ||
| improvement plan. The department and each metropolitan planning | ||
| organization must use the criteria and projections to develop the | ||
| entity's transportation improvement plan. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
