| 1 | 1 | | 88R14440 AJZ-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Davis H.B. No. 4846 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to transportation planning by metropolitan planning |
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| 8 | 8 | | organizations. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 201.9911, Transportation Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (d) In developing a transportation plan under this section, |
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| 13 | 13 | | each metropolitan planning organization shall consider the |
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| 14 | 14 | | transportation needs of individuals who receive services from: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (1) the Health and Human Services Commission; or |
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| 16 | 16 | | (2) the Texas Workforce Commission. |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 2. Section 201.9991, Transportation Code, is |
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| 18 | 18 | | amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (c-1) A metropolitan planning organization that requests |
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| 20 | 20 | | financial assistance from the commission must submit evidence to |
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| 21 | 21 | | the commission that transportation providers within the boundaries |
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| 22 | 22 | | of the planning organization have considered meeting the |
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| 23 | 23 | | transportation needs of individuals described by Section |
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| 24 | 24 | | 201.9911(d), including by adjusting the providers' fixed routes to |
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| 25 | 25 | | address the needs of those individuals. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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