87R7034 SRA-D
 
  By: Hughes S.B. No. 826
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to an agreement with a private entity for dynamic message
  signs used in certain statewide alert systems.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  (a) This section takes effect only if the Act of
  the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021, relating to
  nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted codes
  becomes law.
         (b)  Chapter 411, Government Code, is amended by adding
  Subchapter K-1 to read as follows:
  SUBCHAPTER K-1. DYNAMIC MESSAGE SIGNS FOR ALERT SYSTEMS
         Sec. 411.301.  DYNAMIC MESSAGE SIGNS. (a) Except as
  provided by Subsection (c), the Texas Department of Transportation
  shall enter into an agreement with a private entity to provide
  information necessary for statewide alert systems created under
  Subchapters L, M, P, P-1, and Q as added by Chapter 227 (H.B. 1769),
  Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, through a
  system of dynamic message signs that are: 
               (1)  located across the state; and 
               (2)  capable of displaying digital images useful in
  locating the missing individual.
         (b)  The agreement under Subsection (a) must generate net
  revenue to the state, and tax revenue may not be used to fund the
  installation and operation of the dynamic message signs described
  by Subsection (a). The Texas Department of Transportation may
  accept gifts and grants of money, equipment, or other resources
  necessary to install and operate the dynamic message signs
  described by Subsection (a). 
         (c)  The Texas Department of Transportation is not required
  to enter into an agreement under Subsection (a) if the department
  receives notice from the United States Department of Transportation
  Federal Highway Administration that the use of the dynamic message
  signs described by that subsection would result in the loss of
  federal highway funding or other punitive actions taken against
  this state due to noncompliance with federal laws, regulations, or
  policies.
         SECTION 2.  (a) This section takes effect only if the Act of
  the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021, relating to
  nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted codes does
  not become law.
         (b)  Chapter 411, Government Code, is amended by adding
  Subchapter K-1 to read as follows:
  SUBCHAPTER K-1. DYNAMIC MESSAGE SIGNS FOR ALERT SYSTEMS
         Sec. 411.301.  DYNAMIC MESSAGE SIGNS. (a) Except as
  provided by Subsection (c), the Texas Department of Transportation
  shall enter into an agreement with a private entity to provide
  information necessary for statewide alert systems created under
  Subchapters L, M, P, Q as added by Chapter 220 (H.B. 833), Acts of
  the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, and Q as added by
  Chapter 227 (H.B. 1769), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2019, through a system of dynamic message signs that are: 
               (1)  located across the state; and 
               (2)  capable of displaying digital images useful in
  locating the missing individual.
         (b)  The agreement under Subsection (a) must generate net
  revenue to the state, and tax revenue may not be used to fund the
  installation and operation of the dynamic message signs described
  by Subsection (a). The Texas Department of Transportation may
  accept gifts and grants of money, equipment, or other resources
  necessary to install and operate the dynamic message signs
  described by Subsection (a). 
         (c)  The Texas Department of Transportation is not required
  to enter into an agreement under Subsection (a) if the department
  receives notice from the United States Department of Transportation
  Federal Highway Administration that the use of the dynamic message
  signs described by that subsection would result in the loss of
  federal highway funding or other punitive actions taken against
  this state due to noncompliance with federal laws, regulations, or
  policies.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.