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.