Bill Text: TX SB826 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to an agreement with a private entity for dynamic message signs used in certain statewide alert systems.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-07 - Left pending in committee [SB826 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB826-Introduced.html
| 87R7034 SRA-D | ||
| By: Hughes | S.B. No. 826 | |
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| 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, 2021. | ||
