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| 1 | 1 | 89R12548 AJZ-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Y. Davis of Dallas H.B. No. 3947 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to transportation planning by metropolitan planning | |
| 10 | 10 | organizations. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Section 201.9911, Transportation Code, is | |
| 13 | 13 | amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | |
| 14 | 14 | (d) In developing a transportation plan under this section, | |
| 15 | 15 | each metropolitan planning organization shall consider the | |
| 16 | 16 | transportation needs of individuals who receive services from: | |
| 17 | 17 | (1) the Health and Human Services Commission; or | |
| 18 | 18 | (2) the Texas Workforce Commission. | |
| 19 | 19 | SECTION 2. Section 201.9991, Transportation Code, is | |
| 20 | 20 | amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows: | |
| 21 | 21 | (c-1) A metropolitan planning organization that requests | |
| 22 | 22 | financial assistance from the commission must submit evidence to | |
| 23 | 23 | the commission that transportation providers within the boundaries | |
| 24 | 24 | of the planning organization have considered meeting the | |
| 25 | 25 | transportation needs of individuals described by Section | |
| 26 | 26 | 201.9911(d), including by adjusting the providers' fixed routes to | |
| 27 | 27 | address the needs of those individuals. | |
| 28 | 28 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |