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AN ACT
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relating to reports and information provided by the Texas |
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Department of Transportation. |
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�������BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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�������SECTION�1.��Subchapter J, Chapter 201, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 201.805 to read as follows: |
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�������Sec.�201.805.��REPORTS AND INFORMATION. (a)��The department |
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shall annually publish in appropriate media and on the department's |
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Internet website in a format that allows the information to be read |
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into a commercially available electronic database a statistical |
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comparison of department districts and the following information, |
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calculated on a per capita basis considering the most recent census |
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data and listed for each county and for the state for each fiscal |
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year: |
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�������������(1)��the number of square miles; |
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�������������(2)��the number of vehicles registered; |
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�������������(3)��the population; |
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�������������(4)��daily vehicle miles; |
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�������������(5)��the number of centerline miles and lane miles; |
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�������������(6)��construction, maintenance, and contracted routine |
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and preventive maintenance expenditures; |
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�������������(7)��combined construction, maintenance, and |
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contracted routine and preventive maintenance expenditures; |
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�������������(8)��the number of district and division office |
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construction and maintenance employees; |
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�������������(9)��information regarding grant programs, including: |
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�������������������(A)��Automobile Theft Prevention Authority |
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grants; |
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�������������������(B)��Routine Airport Maintenance Program grants; |
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�������������������(C)��Public Transportation Grant Program grants; |
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�������������������(D)��Medical Transportation Program grants; and |
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�������������������(E)��aviation grants or aviation capital |
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improvement grants; |
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�������������(10)��approved State Infrastructure Bank loans; |
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�������������(11)��Texas Traffic Safety Program grants and |
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expenditures; |
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�������������(12)��the dollar amount of any pass-through toll |
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agreements; |
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�������������(13)��the percentage of highway construction projects |
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completed on time; |
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�������������(14)��the percentage of highway construction projects |
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that cost: |
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�������������������(A)��more than the contract amount; and |
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�������������������(B)��less than the contract amount; and |
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�������������(15)��a description of real property acquired by the |
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department through the exercise of eminent domain, including the |
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acreage of the property and the location of the property. |
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�������(b)��The department shall include information from all |
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department contracts in the statistical comparison and information |
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reports required under Subsection (a). |
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�������(c)��The department shall annually publish in appropriate |
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media and on the department's Internet website in a format that |
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allows the information to be read into a commercially available |
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electronic database the following information for each fiscal year: |
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�������������(1)��the amount of money in the Texas Mobility Fund |
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itemized by the source of the money; and |
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�������������(2)��the amount of money received by the department: |
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�������������������(A)��itemized by the source of the money; and |
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�������������������(B)��compared to the amount of money appropriated |
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by the legislature to the department in the General Appropriations |
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Act. |
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�������(d)��The department shall annually publish in appropriate |
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media and on the department's Internet website in a format that |
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allows the information to be read into a commercially available |
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electronic database a list of each contract the department has |
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with: |
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�������������(1)��a person required to register as a lobbyist under |
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Chapter 305, Government Code; |
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�������������(2)��a public relations firm; or |
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�������������(3)��a government consultant. |
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�������SECTION�2.��This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |
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______________________________ |
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���President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House����� |
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�������I hereby certify that S.B.�No.�255 passed the Senate on |
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March�7,�2007, by the following vote: Yeas�30, Nays�0; and that |
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the Senate concurred in House amendments on May�21,�2007, by the |
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following vote: Yeas�30, Nays�0. |
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Secretary of the Senate���� |
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�������I hereby certify that S.B.�No.�255 passed the House, with |
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amendments, on May�17,�2007, by the following vote: Yeas�144, |
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Nays�0, two present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House��� |
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Approved: |
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������������Date |
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����������Governor |