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| 1 | 1 | 84R10914 JTS-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Turner of Tarrant H.B. No. 2406 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the study of certain municipal transit systems by the | |
| 8 | 8 | Texas Transportation Institute. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Chapter 461, Transportation Code, is amended by | |
| 11 | 11 | adding Section 461.0101 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 461.0101. STUDY OF TRANSIT SYSTEMS IN CERTAIN | |
| 13 | 13 | MUNICIPALITIES. (a) The Texas Transportation Institute shall | |
| 14 | 14 | conduct a study of the transit systems of Grand Prairie and | |
| 15 | 15 | Arlington. | |
| 16 | 16 | (b) In the study the Texas Transportation Institute shall: | |
| 17 | 17 | (1) identify: | |
| 18 | 18 | (A) the deficiencies in the municipalities' | |
| 19 | 19 | transit systems; | |
| 20 | 20 | (B) the causes of the deficiencies; and | |
| 21 | 21 | (C) options to address the deficiencies; | |
| 22 | 22 | (2) suggest improvements to the transit systems; and | |
| 23 | 23 | (3) identify: | |
| 24 | 24 | (A) the economic benefits of the suggested | |
| 25 | 25 | improvements; | |
| 26 | 26 | (B) the demographic and economic makeup of the | |
| 27 | 27 | population most affected by the suggested improvements; | |
| 28 | 28 | (C) the geographic areas most affected by the | |
| 29 | 29 | improvements; and | |
| 30 | 30 | (D) the cost of the improvements. | |
| 31 | 31 | (c) The Texas Transportation Institute shall submit the | |
| 32 | 32 | study to the legislature not later than December 31, 2016. | |
| 33 | 33 | (d) This section expires January 1, 2017. | |
| 34 | 34 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |