Texas Transportation Code

§ 455.001 — DEPARTMENT DUTIES REGARDING MASS TRANSPORTATION

TN § 455.001Title 6. ROADWAYS · Part K. MASS TRANSPORTATION · Ch. 455. POWERS AND DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REGARDING MASS TRANSPORTATION · Art. A. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES

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The Texas Department of Transportation shall:

(1)encourage, foster, and assist in developing intracity and intercity public and mass transportation;

(2)encourage the establishment of rapid transit and other transportation media;

(3)assist any political subdivision of this state to obtain federal aid to establish or maintain a public or mass transportation system;

(4)develop and maintain a comprehensive master plan for public and mass transportation development; and

(5)conduct hearings and make investigations to determine the location, type of construction, and cost to the state or its political subdivisions of a public mass transportation system owned, operated, or wholly or partly directly financed by the state.

Legislative history

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.