By Hill                                               H.B. No. 1980
         76R6695 DWS-F                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to a report on performance of certain public
 1-3     transportation providers.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Sections 456.008(a) and (b), Transportation Code,
 1-6     are amended to read as follows:
 1-7           (a)  The commission by rule shall prepare and issue a report
 1-8     on the performance of public transportation providers in this state
 1-9     that received state or federal funding during the previous 12-month
1-10     period.  The commission shall issue a report under this section at
1-11     least once each  state fiscal year.
1-12           (b)  The commission shall establish a performance-based
1-13     reporting system for all public transportation providers.  The
1-14     commission may establish different performance measures for
1-15     different sectors of the transit industry.  The performance
1-16     measures shall assess the efficiency, effectiveness, and safety of
1-17     the public transportation providers. [A report must include for
1-18     each provider an examination of the following performance
1-19     indicators, as defined by the commission:]
1-20                 [(1)  operating cost per passenger and per revenue
1-21     mile;]
1-22                 [(2)  fare recovery rate;]
1-23                 [(3)  average vehicle occupancy;]
1-24                 [(4)  on-time performance;]
 2-1                 [(5)  number of accidents per 100,000 vehicle miles;
 2-2     and]
 2-3                 [(6)  number of total miles between mechanical road
 2-4     calls.]
 2-5           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
 2-6           SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the
 2-7     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
 2-8     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
 2-9     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-10     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.