Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3486 Compare Versions

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1	1	87R7034 SRA-D
2	2	By: Thompson of Harris H.B. No. 3486
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to an agreement with a private entity for dynamic message
8	8	signs used in certain statewide alert systems.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. (a) This section takes effect only if the Act of
11	11	the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021, relating to
12	12	nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted codes
13	13	becomes law.
14	14	(b) Chapter 411, Government Code, is amended by adding
15	15	Subchapter K-1 to read as follows:
16	16	SUBCHAPTER K-1. DYNAMIC MESSAGE SIGNS FOR ALERT SYSTEMS
17	17	Sec. 411.301. DYNAMIC MESSAGE SIGNS. (a) Except as
18	18	provided by Subsection (c), the Texas Department of Transportation
19	19	shall enter into an agreement with a private entity to provide
20	20	information necessary for statewide alert systems created under
21	21	Subchapters L, M, P, P-1, and Q as added by Chapter 227 (H.B. 1769),
22	22	Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, through a
23	23	system of dynamic message signs that are:
24	24	(1) located across the state; and
25	25	(2) capable of displaying digital images useful in
26	26	locating the missing individual.
27	27	(b) The agreement under Subsection (a) must generate net
28	28	revenue to the state, and tax revenue may not be used to fund the
29	29	installation and operation of the dynamic message signs described
30	30	by Subsection (a). The Texas Department of Transportation may
31	31	accept gifts and grants of money, equipment, or other resources
32	32	necessary to install and operate the dynamic message signs
33	33	described by Subsection (a).
34	34	(c) The Texas Department of Transportation is not required
35	35	to enter into an agreement under Subsection (a) if the department
36	36	receives notice from the United States Department of Transportation
37	37	Federal Highway Administration that the use of the dynamic message
38	38	signs described by that subsection would result in the loss of
39	39	federal highway funding or other punitive actions taken against
40	40	this state due to noncompliance with federal laws, regulations, or
41	41	policies.
42	42	SECTION 2. (a) This section takes effect only if the Act of
43	43	the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021, relating to
44	44	nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted codes does
45	45	not become law.
46	46	(b) Chapter 411, Government Code, is amended by adding
47	47	Subchapter K-1 to read as follows:
48	48	SUBCHAPTER K-1. DYNAMIC MESSAGE SIGNS FOR ALERT SYSTEMS
49	49	Sec. 411.301. DYNAMIC MESSAGE SIGNS. (a) Except as
50	50	provided by Subsection (c), the Texas Department of Transportation
51	51	shall enter into an agreement with a private entity to provide
52	52	information necessary for statewide alert systems created under
53	53	Subchapters L, M, P, Q as added by Chapter 220 (H.B. 833), Acts of
54	54	the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, and Q as added by
55	55	Chapter 227 (H.B. 1769), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular
56	56	Session, 2019, through a system of dynamic message signs that are:
57	57	(1) located across the state; and
58	58	(2) capable of displaying digital images useful in
59	59	locating the missing individual.
60	60	(b) The agreement under Subsection (a) must generate net
61	61	revenue to the state, and tax revenue may not be used to fund the
62	62	installation and operation of the dynamic message signs described
63	63	by Subsection (a). The Texas Department of Transportation may
64	64	accept gifts and grants of money, equipment, or other resources
65	65	necessary to install and operate the dynamic message signs
66	66	described by Subsection (a).
67	67	(c) The Texas Department of Transportation is not required
68	68	to enter into an agreement under Subsection (a) if the department
69	69	receives notice from the United States Department of Transportation
70	70	Federal Highway Administration that the use of the dynamic message
71	71	signs described by that subsection would result in the loss of
72	72	federal highway funding or other punitive actions taken against
73	73	this state due to noncompliance with federal laws, regulations, or
74	74	policies.
75	75	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.