83R31640 JRR-D
By: Paxton S.R. No. 1075
R E S O L U T I O N
BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, 83rd
Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, That Senate Rule 12.03 be
suspended in part as provided by Senate Rule 12.08 to enable the
conference committee appointed to resolve the differences on Senate
Bill 1017 (the funding for and administration of travel and
information operations by the Texas Department of Transportation)
to consider and take action on the following matter:
Senate Rule 12.03(1) is suspended to permit the committee to
change text not in disagreement in proposed Section 1 of the bill,
in added Section 204.003(b), Transportation Code, to read as
follows:
(b) The department may:
(1) enter into an agreement with:
(A) another state agency for the operation of a
travel information center; or
(B) a local government, including a commission
created under Chapter 391, Local Government Code, for the operation
of a travel information center that is located within the
boundaries of the local government; and
(2) issue a request for proposals to private or
nonprofit entities for the operation of a travel information
center.
Explanation: This change is necessary to allow the Texas
Department of Transportation to enter into an agreement with
another state agency for the operation of a travel information
center.