Honorable Joseph Pickett, Chair, House Committee on Transportation
FROM:
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB1136 by Israel (Relating to the creation of the Transportation Safety and Access Advisory Committee.), As Introduced
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend the Transportation Code to establish the Transportation Safety and Access Advisory Committee, composed of representatives appointed by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), the Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS), the Department of State Health Services (DSHS), and various other organizations. The bill would require TxDOT to ensure that the representatives of the committee are appointed and to call the committee's first meeting no later than December 1, 2015. The bill would require the committee to study methods that TxDOT could use to improve safety and access for all users of state and federally funded transportation projects and to create and submit a report to TxDOT on the methods included in the study, not later than September 1, 2016. The committee would be abolished on January 1, 2017.
Based on the information provided by TxDOT, DSHS, and DADS, it is assumed any costs or duties associated with implementing the provisions of the bill could be absorbed within existing resources.
Local Government Impact
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies:
537 State Health Services, Department of, 539 Aging and Disability Services, Department of, 601 Department of Transportation