Bill Text: TX HB4846 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to transportation planning by metropolitan planning organizations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-16 - Referred to Transportation [HB4846 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4846-Engrossed.html
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| By: Davis | H.B. No. 4846 | |
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| relating to transportation planning by metropolitan planning | ||
| organizations. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 201.9911, Transportation Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
| (d) In developing a transportation plan under this section, | ||
| each metropolitan planning organization shall consider the | ||
| transportation needs of individuals who receive services from: | ||
| (1) the Health and Human Services Commission; or | ||
| (2) the Texas Workforce Commission. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 201.9991, Transportation Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (c-1) A metropolitan planning organization that requests | ||
| financial assistance from the commission must submit evidence to | ||
| the commission that transportation providers within the boundaries | ||
| of the planning organization have considered meeting the | ||
| transportation needs of individuals described by Section | ||
| 201.9911(d), including by adjusting the providers' fixed routes to | ||
| address the needs of those individuals. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
