By Davis H.B. No. 2580 75R5800 JD-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the creation of the Texas Intermodal Surface 1-3 Transportation Program. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subtitle K, Title 6, Transportation Code, is 1-6 amended by adding Chapter 459 to read as follows: 1-7 CHAPTER 459. TEXAS INTERMODAL 1-8 SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM 1-9 Sec. 459.001. CREATION. The Texas Intermodal Surface 1-10 Transportation Program is created. 1-11 Sec. 459.002. PURPOSES. The purposes of the Texas 1-12 Intermodal Surface Transportation Program are: 1-13 (1) to assist in developing, with the cooperation of 1-14 mass transportation providers in this state, improved mass 1-15 transportation equipment, facilities, techniques, and methods; 1-16 (2) to encourage the planning and establishment, with 1-17 the cooperation of mass transportation providers in this state, of 1-18 area-wide urban mass transportation systems needed for economical 1-19 and beneficial urban development; 1-20 (3) to assist mass transportation providers and 1-21 political subdivisions of this state in financing area-wide urban 1-22 mass transportation systems; 1-23 (4) to provide financial assistance to mass 1-24 transportation providers to help carry out state goals related to 2-1 mobility for elderly individuals, individuals with disabilities, 2-2 and economically disadvantaged individuals; and 2-3 (5) to establish partnerships between this state and 2-4 political subdivisions of this state that permit those 2-5 subdivisions, with financial assistance from this state, to meet 2-6 their urban mass transportation requirements. 2-7 Sec. 459.003. ADMINISTRATION. (a) The Texas Department of 2-8 Transportation, by rule shall implement and administer the Texas 2-9 Intermodal Surface Transportation Program. 2-10 (b) To the extent permissible under the constitution and 2-11 statutes of this state, the Texas Intermodal Surface Transportation 2-12 Program shall include each element and component included in the 2-13 federal intermodal mass transportation program under Chapter 53, 2-14 Title 49, United States Code. 2-15 Sec. 459.004. FUNDING. (a) To supplement any legislative 2-16 appropriation to the Texas Department of Transportation for the 2-17 implementation or administration of this chapter, and subject to 2-18 any limitation imposed by the constitution of this state, each 2-19 year, the board of each authority operating under Chapter 451, 452, 2-20 or 453 shall remit to the department an amount that is not less 2-21 than 10 percent of the total revenue that the authority collected 2-22 during the preceding calendar year. 2-23 (b) Money received by the department from the board of an 2-24 authority under this section may be used only to implement or 2-25 administer the Texas Intermodal Surface Transportation Program or 2-26 for a purpose of the program. 2-27 Sec. 459.005. ANNUAL REPORT. (a) Before January 15 of each 3-1 year, the Texas Department of Transportation shall submit a report 3-2 to the governor, the legislature, and the Legislative Budget Board 3-3 concerning the Texas Intermodal Surface Transportation Program. 3-4 (b) The report must: 3-5 (1) describe the actions of the department in the 3-6 preceding year taken in relation to the administration of this 3-7 chapter and the Texas Intermodal Surface Transportation Program; 3-8 and 3-9 (2) provide an assessment of the effectiveness of the 3-10 Texas Intermodal Surface Transportation Program. 3-11 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997. 3-12 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 3-13 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 3-14 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 3-15 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 3-16 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.