Bill Text: TX HB1677 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of the Vision Zero Task Force to propose a plan to eliminate traffic deaths in this state.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-06 - Referred to Transportation [HB1677 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1677-Introduced.html
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| By: Israel | H.B. No. 1677 | |
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| relating to the creation of the Vision Zero Task Force to propose a | ||
| plan to eliminate traffic deaths in this state. | ||
| 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. VISION ZERO TASK FORCE: ELIMINATION OF | ||
| TRAFFIC DEATHS. (a) In this section, "task force" means the Vision | ||
| Zero Task Force created under this section. | ||
| (b) The task force is composed of 16 members appointed as | ||
| follows: | ||
| (1) eight members appointed by the governor, with one | ||
| member to represent each of the following: | ||
| (A) the governor's office; | ||
| (B) persons with disabilities; | ||
| (C) elderly persons; | ||
| (D) motor carriers; | ||
| (E) passenger vehicle consumers; | ||
| (F) public transit providers; | ||
| (G) pedestrians; and | ||
| (H) bicyclists; | ||
| (2) one member of the senate, appointed by the | ||
| lieutenant governor; | ||
| (3) one member of the house of representatives, | ||
| appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives; and | ||
| (4) one member appointed by each of the following: | ||
| (A) the Association of Texas Metropolitan | ||
| Planning Organizations; | ||
| (B) the department; | ||
| (C) the Department of Public Safety; | ||
| (D) the Department of State Health Services; | ||
| (E) the Texas Association of Counties; and | ||
| (F) the Texas Municipal League. | ||
| (c) Not later than December 1, 2017, the department shall | ||
| ensure that the members of the task force are appointed and call the | ||
| first meeting of the task force. | ||
| (d) The task force shall study methods to eliminate traffic | ||
| deaths in this state. | ||
| (e) Not later than September 1, 2018, the task force shall | ||
| create and submit to the department: | ||
| (1) a report on the methods described in Subsection | ||
| (d); and | ||
| (2) a plan to reduce traffic deaths in this state: | ||
| (A) by 50 percent from 2017 levels by 2029; and | ||
| (B) to zero by 2050. | ||
| (f) The task force is abolished and this section expires | ||
| January 1, 2019. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
