82R14123 T
By: Callegari H.B. No. 3269
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to traffic-control signalization.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 387.005, Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) Grants awarded under this chapter shall be directed
toward a balanced mix of:
(1) retrofit and add-on technologies and other
advanced technologies, including traffic-control signalization
technologies and programs, that reduce emissions from the existing
stock of engines and vehicles targeted by the Texas emissions
reduction plan, provided that the technologies do not significantly
reduce the fuel economy of those engines and vehicles;
(2) advanced technologies for new engines and vehicles
that produce very-low or zero emissions of oxides of nitrogen,
including stationary and mobile fuel cells;
(3) advanced technologies for reducing oxides of
nitrogen and other emissions from stationary sources; and
(4) field validation of innovative technologies that:
(A) reduce emissions of oxides of nitrogen and
other emissions; and
(B) require demonstration of viability for full
commercial acceptance.
SECTION 2. Chapter 544, Transportation Code, is amended by
adding Section 544.013 to read as follows:
Sec. 544.013. STUDY. (a) The department shall conduct a
study regarding improvement of traffic-control signalization.
(b) In conducting the study, the department shall consider:
(1) methods to promote more efficient traffic flow,
including a reduction in vehicle idling time, by:
(A) synchronizing or eliminating traffic-control
signals;
(B) adopting smart light technologies, including
cameras; and
(C) adopting alternatives to red light signals;
(2) the funding sources available to municipalities
wishing to implement new traffic control programs; and
(3) the economic and environmental effects of idling
vehicles.
(c) The department may not spend more than $200,000 on the
study conducted under this section.
(d) Not later than December 1, 2012, the department shall
report the results of the study conducted under this section to the
governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of
representatives, and the appropriate oversight committees of each
house of the legislature.
(e) This section expires September 1, 2013.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.