Bill Text: TX SB763 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of the urban air mobility advisory committee.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-14 - Effective immediately [SB763 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB763-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 763 |
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relating to the creation of the urban air mobility advisory | ||
committee. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 21, Transportation Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 21.004 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 21.004. URBAN AIR MOBILITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE. (a) | ||
The commission shall appoint an advisory committee to assess | ||
current state law and any potential changes to state law that are | ||
needed to facilitate the development of urban air mobility | ||
operations and infrastructure in this state. | ||
(b) The commission shall appoint to the advisory committee | ||
members to represent: | ||
(1) diverse geographic regions of the state; | ||
(2) state and local law enforcement; | ||
(3) the urban air mobility industry; | ||
(4) transportation experts; | ||
(5) commercial airport representatives; | ||
(6) vertical takeoff and landing operators; | ||
(7) local governments; and | ||
(8) the general public. | ||
(c) The advisory committee shall: | ||
(1) hold public hearings in locations across the state | ||
or via electronic means; and | ||
(2) receive comments through an Internet website, by | ||
mail, and by other methods, if appropriate. | ||
(d) Not later than September 1, 2022, the advisory committee | ||
shall report to the commission and to the members of the legislature | ||
the committee's findings and recommendations on any changes to | ||
state law that are needed to facilitate the development of urban air | ||
mobility operations and infrastructure. | ||
(e) The advisory committee is abolished and this section | ||
expires January 1, 2023. | ||
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, 2021. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 763 passed the Senate on | ||
April 20, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1; and that | ||
the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 27, 2021, by the | ||
following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 763 passed the House, with | ||
amendment, on May 11, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 110, | ||
Nays 33, two present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |