Bill Text: TX SB2732 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to public involvement procedures for the statewide transportation improvement program.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2025-04-03 - Referred to Transportation [SB2732 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-SB2732-Introduced.html
| By: Cook | S.B. No. 2732 | |
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| relating to public involvement procedures for the statewide | ||
| transportation improvement program. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter J, Chapter 201, Transportation Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 201.8115 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 201.8115. PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PROCEDURES FOR STATEWIDE | ||
| TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. (a) During the development of | ||
| the statewide transportation improvement program, the department | ||
| shall hold a quarterly public meeting in each department district | ||
| regarding the adoption of the proposed program. | ||
| (b) The department shall: | ||
| (1) publish notice of each meeting under Subsection | ||
| (a) in the Texas Register not later than the 15th day before the | ||
| date of the meeting; | ||
| (2) accept verbal public comments and questions during | ||
| each meeting held under Subsection (a); | ||
| (3) prepare a written debriefing assessment of: | ||
| (A) each meeting held under Subsection (a) that | ||
| summarizes the highlights or major accomplishments from the | ||
| meeting; and | ||
| (B) public verbal comments and questions | ||
| received under Subdivision (2) that summarizes the comments and | ||
| questions received and key points or issues raised in the comments; | ||
| (4) make the debriefing assessments required under | ||
| Subdivision (3) available to the public on the department's | ||
| Internet website or through e-mail distribution; | ||
| (5) develop a response mechanism that informs | ||
| stakeholders of ideas received from the public during the meeting | ||
| held under Subsection (a) or though verbal comments received under | ||
| Subdivision (2) that the department is incorporating into the | ||
| program and clearly communicates why alternate decisions are | ||
| required for ideas that the department does not incorporate into | ||
| the program; | ||
| (6) demonstrate explicit consideration and response | ||
| to public input during the development of the statewide | ||
| transportation improvement program; and | ||
| (7) inform the public of how the statewide | ||
| transportation improvement program interacts with local | ||
| transportation improvement planning, the timeline for that | ||
| planning, and how to obtain more information on that process. | ||
| (c) Before the department may consider project designs for | ||
| any transportation project included in the statewide | ||
| transportation improvement program, the department must hold a | ||
| meeting under Subsection (a) to discuss the project. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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, 2025. | ||
