| 1 | 1 | | By: Hughes S.B. No. 1387 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Filed March 1, 2023; March 16, 2023, read |
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| 3 | 3 | | first time and referred to Committee on Transportation; |
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| 4 | 4 | | April 12, 2023, reported adversely, with favorable Committee |
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| 5 | 5 | | Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0, one present not |
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| 6 | 6 | | voting; April 12, 2023, sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | 7 | | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 8 | 8 | | COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1387 By: Hancock |
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| 11 | 11 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 12 | 12 | | AN ACT |
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| 13 | 13 | | relating to dynamic message signs used in certain statewide alert |
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| 14 | 14 | | systems. |
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| 15 | 15 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 16 | 16 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 411, Government Code, is amended by adding |
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| 17 | 17 | | Subchapter K-2 to read as follows: |
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| 18 | 18 | | SUBCHAPTER K-2. DYNAMIC MESSAGE SIGNS FOR ALERT SYSTEMS |
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| 19 | 19 | | Sec. 411.321. DYNAMIC MESSAGE SIGNS. (a) Except as |
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| 20 | 20 | | provided by Subsection (c), the Texas Department of Transportation |
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| 21 | 21 | | shall provide information necessary for statewide alert systems |
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| 22 | 22 | | created under Subchapters K-1, L, L-1, M, P, P-1, and Q through a |
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| 23 | 23 | | system of dynamic message signs that are: |
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| 24 | 24 | | (1) located across the state; and |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2) capable of displaying digital images useful in |
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| 26 | 26 | | locating a missing individual. |
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| 27 | 27 | | (b) The Texas Department of Transportation may enter into an |
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| 28 | 28 | | agreement with a private entity to install or operate the dynamic |
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| 29 | 29 | | message signs described by Subsection (a) and shall request from |
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| 30 | 30 | | the Federal Highway Administration for any provisions necessary for |
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| 31 | 31 | | implementation with the private entity. An agreement under this |
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| 32 | 32 | | subsection must generate net revenue to the state and reduce the |
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| 33 | 33 | | amount of tax revenue necessary to fund the installation and |
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| 34 | 34 | | operation of the dynamic message signs described by Subsection (a). |
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| 35 | 35 | | The Texas Department of Transportation may accept gifts and grants |
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| 36 | 36 | | of money, equipment, or other resources necessary to install and |
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| 37 | 37 | | operate the dynamic message signs described by Subsection (a). |
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| 38 | 38 | | (c) The Texas Department of Transportation is not required |
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| 39 | 39 | | to comply with Subsection (a) if that department receives notice |
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| 40 | 40 | | from the United States Department of Transportation Federal Highway |
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| 41 | 41 | | Administration that the use of the dynamic message signs described |
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| 42 | 42 | | by that subsection would result in the loss of federal highway |
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| 43 | 43 | | funding or other punitive actions taken against this state due to |
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| 44 | 44 | | noncompliance with federal laws, regulations, or policies. |
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| 45 | 45 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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