Bill Text: TX SB1716 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of an independent advisory committee to assess the state's long-term transportation infrastructure and mobility needs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-14 - Referred to Transportation [SB1716 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1716-Introduced.html
| 86R11645 JTS-D | ||
| By: Lucio | S.B. No. 1716 | |
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| relating to the creation of an independent advisory committee to | ||
| assess the state's long-term transportation infrastructure and | ||
| mobility needs. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 201, Transportation Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 201.623 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 201.623. INDEPENDENT INFRASTRUCTURE AND MOBILITY | ||
| NEEDS ADVISORY COMMITTEE: 2020 to 2050. (a) The commission shall | ||
| appoint an advisory committee to develop an independent assessment | ||
| of the state's transportation infrastructure and mobility needs for | ||
| the years 2020 to 2050, including assessments of needs in the areas | ||
| of: | ||
| (1) pavement maintenance; | ||
| (2) bridge maintenance; | ||
| (3) urban mobility; | ||
| (4) rural mobility and safety; and | ||
| (5) nonhighway modes of transportation. | ||
| (b) The commission shall appoint to the advisory committee | ||
| members to represent: | ||
| (1) diverse geographic regions of the state; | ||
| (2) diverse industries affected by transportation | ||
| infrastructure and mobility issues; and | ||
| (3) diverse transportation sectors. | ||
| (c) The advisory committee shall receive public input from | ||
| residents of this state by: | ||
| (1) holding public hearings in locations across the | ||
| state; and | ||
| (2) receiving comments through an Internet website, by | ||
| mail, and by other methods, if appropriate. | ||
| (d) Not later than September 1, 2020, the advisory committee | ||
| shall report the findings of the study and any recommendations to | ||
| the commission and to the members of the legislature. | ||
| (e) The committee is abolished and this section expires | ||
| January 1, 2021. | ||
| 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, 2019. | ||
