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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to traffic-control signalization. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 387.005, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Grants awarded under this chapter shall be directed |
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toward a balanced mix of: |
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(1) retrofit and add-on technologies and other |
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advanced technologies, including traffic-control signalization |
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technologies and programs, that reduce emissions from the existing |
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stock of engines and vehicles targeted by the Texas emissions |
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reduction plan, provided that the technologies do not significantly |
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reduce the fuel economy of those engines and vehicles; |
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(2) advanced technologies for new engines and vehicles |
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that produce very-low or zero emissions of oxides of nitrogen, |
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including stationary and mobile fuel cells; |
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(3) advanced technologies for reducing oxides of |
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nitrogen and other emissions from stationary sources; and |
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(4) field validation of innovative technologies that: |
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(A) reduce emissions of oxides of nitrogen and |
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other emissions; and |
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(B) require demonstration of viability for full |
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commercial acceptance. |
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SECTION 2. Chapter 544, Transportation Code, is amended by |
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adding Section 544.013 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 544.013. STUDY. (a) The department shall conduct a |
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study regarding improvement of traffic-control signalization. |
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(b) In conducting the study, the department shall consider: |
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(1) methods to promote more efficient traffic flow, |
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including a reduction in vehicle idling time, by: |
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(A) synchronizing or eliminating traffic-control |
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signals; |
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(B) adopting smart light technologies, including |
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cameras; and |
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(C) adopting alternatives to red light signals; |
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(2) the funding sources available to municipalities |
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wishing to implement new traffic control programs; and |
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(3) the economic and environmental effects of idling |
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vehicles. |
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(c) The department may not spend more than $200,000 on the |
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study conducted under this section. |
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(d) Not later than December 1, 2012, the department shall |
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report the results of the study conducted under this section to the |
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governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of |
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representatives, and the appropriate oversight committees of each |
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house of the legislature. |
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(e) This section expires September 1, 2013. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |