Bill Text: TX HB260 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of a cross-border motor vehicle traffic congestion web portal.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-04-15 - Referred to Transportation [HB260 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB260-Engrossed.html
| By: Blanco, Anchia, Romero, Jr., Muñoz, Jr. | H.B. No. 260 | |
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| relating to the creation of a cross-border motor vehicle traffic | ||
| congestion web portal. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 201, Transportation Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 201.2075 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 201.2075. CROSS-BORDER TRAFFIC CONGESTION WEB PORTAL. | ||
| (a) The department in collaboration with the Texas A&M | ||
| Transportation Institute shall develop and maintain a publicly | ||
| accessible web portal designed to provide real-time information | ||
| regarding motor vehicle movements at ports of entry between this | ||
| state and the United Mexican States and in surrounding areas for the | ||
| purpose of alleviating cross-border motor vehicle traffic | ||
| congestion. The web portal must provide integrated information | ||
| related to: | ||
| (1) wait times and crossing times; | ||
| (2) real-time traffic volumes; | ||
| (3) the number of motor vehicles at the crossing; | ||
| (4) the number of and type of lanes that are open at | ||
| the crossing; and | ||
| (5) determining accurate travel times on both sides of | ||
| the crossing, including travel times between specified | ||
| destinations. | ||
| (b) In developing and maintaining the web portal, the | ||
| department may collaborate with other governmental entities, | ||
| including federal agencies, state and local transportation | ||
| agencies of this state or the United Mexican States, and political | ||
| subdivisions of this state or the United Mexican States. | ||
| (c) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the department is not | ||
| required to develop the web portal if the web portal would duplicate | ||
| an existing web-based platform provided by the federal government | ||
| that provides all the information described by Subsections | ||
| (a)(1)-(5) for the purpose of alleviating cross-border motor | ||
| vehicle traffic congestion. | ||
| SECTION 2. Not later than September 1, 2021, the Texas | ||
| Department of Transportation shall develop the web portal required | ||
| under Section 201.2075, Transportation Code, as added by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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. | ||
