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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to transportation planning by metropolitan planning |
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organizations. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 201.9911, Transportation Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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(d) In developing a transportation plan under this section, |
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each metropolitan planning organization shall consider the |
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transportation needs of individuals who receive services from: |
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(1) the Health and Human Services Commission; or |
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(2) the Texas Workforce Commission. |
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SECTION 2. Section 201.9991, Transportation Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows: |
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(c-1) A metropolitan planning organization that requests |
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financial assistance from the commission must submit evidence to |
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the commission that transportation providers within the boundaries |
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of the planning organization have considered meeting the |
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transportation needs of individuals described by Section |
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201.9911(d), including by adjusting the providers' fixed routes to |
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address the needs of those individuals. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |