88R14440 AJZ-D
 
  By: Davis H.B. No. 4846
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to transportation planning by metropolitan planning
  organizations.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 201.9911, Transportation Code, is
  amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
         (d)  In developing a transportation plan under this section,
  each metropolitan planning organization shall consider the
  transportation needs of individuals who receive services from:
               (1)  the Health and Human Services Commission; or
               (2)  the Texas Workforce Commission.
         SECTION 2.  Section 201.9991, Transportation Code, is
  amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:
         (c-1)  A metropolitan planning organization that requests
  financial assistance from the commission must submit evidence to
  the commission that transportation providers within the boundaries
  of the planning organization have considered meeting the
  transportation needs of individuals described by Section
  201.9911(d), including by adjusting the providers' fixed routes to
  address the needs of those individuals.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.