Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2306 Compare Versions

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1	1	86R12244 AJZ-F
2	2	By: Rosenthal H.B. No. 2306
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to a study regarding the public health considerations of
8	8	transportation planning.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. INTERIM COMMITTEE; STUDY. (a) The joint interim
11	11	committee on the public health considerations of transportation
12	12	planning is established to study and review the methods the Texas
13	13	Department of Transportation uses to integrate public health
14	14	considerations into major highway project planning and general
15	15	department policy.
16	16	(b) The study must consider:
17	17	(1) the extent to which the Texas Department of
18	18	Transportation, when planning major highway projects, currently
19	19	considers the effects increased traffic capacity may have on the
20	20	health of adjacent populations; and
21	21	(2) methods that may be employed by the Texas
22	22	Department of Transportation to incorporate public health
23	23	considerations into major highway project planning, including:
24	24	(A) conducting health effects assessments to
25	25	determine the effects a major highway project may have on the health
26	26	of adjacent populations and publishing the resulting findings;
27	27	(B) notifying affected communities when a major
28	28	highway project may pose a public health risk to vulnerable
29	29	populations concentrated in nearby areas, such as at schools; and
30	30	(C) considering alternative multimodal
31	31	transportation options to achieve the stated goal of a
32	32	transportation improvement project.
33	33	(c) The joint interim committee shall be composed of:
34	34	(1) six members of the senate transportation committee
35	35	appointed by the lieutenant governor;
36	36	(2) three members of the house transportation
37	37	committee appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives;
38	38	and
39	39	(3) three members of the house environmental
40	40	regulation committee appointed by the speaker of the house of
41	41	representatives.
42	42	(d) The lieutenant governor and speaker of the house of
43	43	representatives shall each designate a co-chair from among the
44	44	committee members.
45	45	(e) The joint interim committee has all other powers and
46	46	duties provided to a special or select committee by the rules of the
47	47	senate and house of representatives by Subchapter B, Chapter 301,
48	48	Government Code, and by policies of the senate and house committees
49	49	on administration.
50	50	(f) Not later than January 1, 2021, the joint interim
51	51	committee shall report the committee's findings and
52	52	recommendations to the governor and the members of the legislature.
53	53	SECTION 2. ABOLITION OF COMMITTEE. The committee is
54	54	abolished and this Act expires January 12, 2021.
55	55	SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect
56	56	immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members
57	57	elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas
58	58	Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for
59	59	immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2019.