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SENATE RESOLUTION
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BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, 82nd |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, That Senate Rule 12.03 be |
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suspended in part as provided by Senate Rule 12.08 to enable the |
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conference committee appointed to resolve the differences on |
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House Bill 2327 (establishment and operation of a motor-bus-only |
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lane pilot program in certain counties) to consider and take |
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action on the following matter: |
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Senate Rule 12.03(3) is suspended to permit the committee |
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to add text on a matter which is not in disagreement by adding |
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text in SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 455.006(a), |
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Transportation Code, to read as follows: |
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(a) The department, in consultation with the Department |
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of Public Safety and in conjunction with and with the elective |
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participation of the appropriate metropolitan rapid transit |
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authorities, county transportation authorities, municipal |
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transit departments, and regional transportation authorities and |
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the municipalities served by those mass transit entities, shall |
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establish and operate a motor-bus-only lane pilot program for |
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highways in Bexar, El Paso, Tarrant, and Travis Counties that are |
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part of the state highway system and have shoulders of sufficient |
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width and structural integrity. |
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Explanation: This change is necessary to clarify that a |
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mass transit entity is not required to participate in the |
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establishment and operation of the motor-bus-only lane pilot |
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program. |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on May 29, 2011, by |
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the following vote: Yeas 31, |
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Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |