1-1 By: Hill (Senate Sponsor - Cain) H.B. No. 1980
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 9, 1999;
1-3 April 12, 1999, read first time and referred to Committee on State
1-4 Affairs; May 12, 1999, reported favorably by the following vote:
1-5 Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 12, 1999, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to a report on performance of certain public
1-9 transportation providers.
1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11 SECTION 1. Sections 456.008(a) and (b), Transportation Code,
1-12 are amended to read as follows:
1-13 (a) The commission by rule shall prepare and issue a report
1-14 on the performance of public transportation providers in this state
1-15 that received state or federal funding during the previous 12-month
1-16 period. The commission shall issue a report under this section at
1-17 least once each state fiscal year.
1-18 (b) The commission shall establish a performance-based
1-19 reporting system for all public transportation providers. The
1-20 commission may establish different performance measures for
1-21 different sectors of the transit industry. The performance
1-22 measures shall assess the efficiency, effectiveness, and safety of
1-23 the public transportation providers. [A report must include for
1-24 each provider an examination of the following performance
1-25 indicators, as defined by the commission:]
1-26 [(1) operating cost per passenger and per revenue
1-27 mile;]
1-28 [(2) fare recovery rate;]
1-29 [(3) average vehicle occupancy;]
1-30 [(4) on-time performance;]
1-31 [(5) number of accidents per 100,000 vehicle miles;
1-32 and]
1-33 [(6) number of total miles between mechanical road
1-34 calls.]
1-35 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
1-36 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-37 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-38 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-39 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-40 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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