Bill Text: TX HB1136 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of the Transportation Safety and Access Advisory Committee.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-05-12 - Postponed [HB1136 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB1136-Introduced.html
84R6112 JXC-D | ||
By: Israel | H.B. No. 1136 |
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relating to the creation of the Transportation Safety and Access | ||
Advisory Committee. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 201, Transportation Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 201.6141 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 201.6141. TRANSPORTATION SAFETY AND ACCESS ADVISORY | ||
COMMITTEE. (a) In this section, "committee" means the | ||
Transportation Safety and Access Advisory Committee created under | ||
this section. | ||
(b) Section 2110.002, Government Code, does not apply to the | ||
committee. The committee is composed of a representative appointed | ||
by: | ||
(1) AARP; | ||
(2) the Texas chapter of the American Planning | ||
Association; | ||
(3) the Texas chapter of the American Society of | ||
Landscape Architects; | ||
(4) the Association of Texas Metropolitan Planning | ||
Organizations; | ||
(5) the department; | ||
(6) the Department of Aging and Disability Services; | ||
(7) the Department of State Health Services; | ||
(8) an organization, selected by the department, that | ||
represents bicyclists; | ||
(9) an organization, selected by the department, that | ||
represents persons with disabilities; | ||
(10) the Texas Association of Counties; and | ||
(11) the Texas Municipal League. | ||
(c) Not later than December 1, 2015, the department shall | ||
ensure that the representatives of the committee are appointed and | ||
call the first meeting of the committee. | ||
(d) The committee shall study methods, including | ||
infrastructure additions such as sidewalks and bicycle lanes, the | ||
department can use to improve the safety and access of all users of | ||
state or federally funded transportation projects. | ||
(e) Not later than September 1, 2016, the committee shall | ||
create and submit to the department a report on the methods | ||
described in Subsection (d). | ||
(f) The committee is abolished and this section expires | ||
January 1, 2017. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |