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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the operation of metropolitan rapid transit |
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authorities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 451.133(a), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) An authority may not spend for capital improvements |
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money in excess of the total amounts [amount] allocated for major |
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capital expenditures in the current and preceding annual budget of |
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the authority [budget]. |
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SECTION 2. Sections 451.455(h) and (i), Transportation |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(h) The number of accidents per 100,000 miles is computed by |
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multiplying the annual number of accidents by 100,000 and dividing |
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the product by the number of miles for all service, including |
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charter and nonrevenue service, [directly operated by the
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authority] for the same period. In this subsection, "accident" |
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includes: |
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(1) a collision that involves an authority's revenue |
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vehicle, other than a lawfully parked revenue vehicle, and that |
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results in property damage, injury, or death; and |
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(2) an incident that results in the injury or death of |
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a person on board or boarding or alighting from an authority's |
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revenue vehicle. |
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(i) The number of miles between mechanical road calls is |
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computed by dividing the annual number of miles for all service |
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[directly operated by an authority], including charter and |
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nonrevenue service, by the number of mechanical road calls for the |
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same period. In this subsection, "mechanical road call" means an |
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interruption in revenue service that is caused by revenue vehicle |
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equipment failure that requires assistance from a person other than |
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the vehicle operator before the vehicle can be operated normally. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |