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| 4 | 11 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 12 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 13 | | relating to the operations of certain metropolitan rapid transit |
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| 7 | 14 | | authorities. |
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| 8 | 15 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 16 | | SECTION 1. Section 451.133(a), Transportation Code, is |
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| 10 | 17 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 18 | | (a) An authority may not spend for capital improvements |
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| 12 | 19 | | money in excess of the amounts [total amount] allocated for major |
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| 13 | 20 | | capital expenditures in the annual budgets [budget]. |
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| 14 | 21 | | SECTION 2. Section 451.362, Transportation Code, is amended |
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| 15 | 22 | | by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (e) to read as |
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| 16 | 23 | | follows: |
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| 17 | 24 | | (a) Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter and |
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| 18 | 25 | | except as provided by Subsections (c), [and] (d), and (e), the |
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| 19 | 26 | | board, by order or resolution, may issue bonds that are secured by |
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| 20 | 27 | | revenue or taxes of the authority if the bonds: |
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| 21 | 28 | | (1) have a term of not more than 12 months; and |
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| 22 | 29 | | (2) are payable only from revenue or taxes received on |
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| 23 | 30 | | or after the date of their issuance and before the end of the fiscal |
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| 24 | 31 | | year following the fiscal year in which the bonds are issued. |
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| 25 | 32 | | (e) In an authority confirmed before July 1, 1985, in which |
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| 26 | 33 | | the principal municipality has a population of less than one |
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| 27 | 34 | | million, bonds may have a term of not more than 15 years. The bonds |
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| 28 | 35 | | are payable only from fee revenue received on or after the date the |
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| 29 | 36 | | bonds are issued. |
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| 30 | 37 | | SECTION 3. Sections 451.455(h) and (i), Transportation |
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| 31 | 38 | | Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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| 32 | 39 | | (h) The number of accidents per 100,000 miles is computed by |
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| 33 | 40 | | multiplying the annual number of accidents by 100,000 and dividing |
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| 34 | 41 | | the product by the number of miles for all service, including |
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| 35 | 42 | | charter and nonrevenue service, [directly operated by the |
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| 36 | 43 | | authority] for the same period. In this subsection, "accident" |
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| 37 | 44 | | includes: |
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| 38 | 45 | | (1) a collision that involves an authority's revenue |
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| 39 | 46 | | vehicle, other than a lawfully parked revenue vehicle, and that |
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| 40 | 47 | | results in property damage, injury, or death; and |
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| 41 | 48 | | (2) an incident that results in the injury or death of |
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| 42 | 49 | | a person on board or boarding or alighting from an authority's |
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| 43 | 50 | | revenue vehicle. |
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| 44 | 51 | | (i) The number of miles between mechanical road calls is |
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| 45 | 52 | | computed by dividing the annual number of miles for all service |
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| 46 | 53 | | [directly operated by an authority], including charter and |
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| 47 | 54 | | nonrevenue service, by the number of mechanical road calls for the |
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| 48 | 55 | | same period. In this subsection, "mechanical road call" means an |
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| 49 | 56 | | interruption in revenue service that is caused by revenue vehicle |
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| 50 | 57 | | equipment failure that requires assistance from a person other than |
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| 51 | 58 | | the vehicle operator before the vehicle can be operated normally. |
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| 52 | 59 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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