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  By: Callegari H.B. No. 3269
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to traffic-control signalization.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 387.005, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  Grants awarded under this chapter shall be directed
  toward a balanced mix of:
               (1)  retrofit and add-on technologies and other
  advanced technologies, including traffic-control signalization
  technologies and programs, that reduce emissions from the existing
  stock of engines and vehicles targeted by the Texas emissions
  reduction plan, provided that the technologies do not significantly
  reduce the fuel economy of those engines and vehicles;
               (2)  advanced technologies for new engines and vehicles
  that produce very-low or zero emissions of oxides of nitrogen,
  including stationary and mobile fuel cells;
               (3)  advanced technologies for reducing oxides of
  nitrogen and other emissions from stationary sources; and
               (4)  field validation of innovative technologies that:
                     (A)  reduce emissions of oxides of nitrogen and
  other emissions; and
                     (B)  require demonstration of viability for full
  commercial acceptance.
         SECTION 2.  Chapter 544, Transportation Code, is amended by
  adding Section 544.013 to read as follows:
         Sec. 544.013.  STUDY. (a) The department shall conduct a
  study regarding improvement of traffic-control signalization.
         (b)  In conducting the study, the department shall consider:
               (1)  methods to promote more efficient traffic flow,
  including a reduction in vehicle idling time, by:
                     (A)  synchronizing or eliminating traffic-control
  signals;
                     (B)  adopting smart light technologies, including
  cameras; and
                     (C)  adopting alternatives to red light signals;
               (2)  the funding sources available to municipalities
  wishing to implement new traffic control programs; and
               (3)  the economic and environmental effects of idling
  vehicles.
         (c)  The department may not spend more than $200,000 on the
  study conducted under this section.
         (d)  Not later than December 1, 2012, the department shall
  report the results of the study conducted under this section to the
  governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of
  representatives, and the appropriate oversight committees of each
  house of the legislature.
         (e)  This section expires September 1, 2013.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.