SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 201.001 - Definitions
(a) In this title: (1) "Commission" means the Texas Transportation Commission. (2) "Department" means the Texas Department of Transportation. (3) "Director" means the executive director...
- Texas Section 201.002 - Operating Expenses; Use Of State Highway Fund
(a) The legislature has the responsibility to: (1) appropriate money for the maintenance and operational expenses of the department; (2) determine the number of employees...
SUBCHAPTER B TEXAS TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION
- Texas Section 201.003 - Title Changes
(a) A reference in law to the State Highway Department, Texas Highway Department, or State Department of Highways and Public Transportation means the Texas Department...
- Texas Section 201.051 - Commission
(a) The Texas Transportation Commission consists of five members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. (b) The members shall...
- Texas Section 201.052 - Terms
Members of the commission serve staggered six-year terms, with the terms of either one or two members expiring February 1 of each odd-numbered year. Acts...
- Texas Section 201.053 - Chair Of The Commission
(a) The governor shall designate one commissioner as the chair of the commission, who shall serve as presiding officer of the commission. (b) The chair...
- Texas Section 201.054 - Commission Meetings
The commission shall hold regular meetings at least once a month and special meetings at the call of the chair. Commissioners shall attend the meetings...
- Texas Section 201.056 - Compensation
A member of the commission is entitled to compensation as provided by the General Appropriations Act. If compensation for members is not provided by that...
- Texas Section 201.057 - Grounds For Removal
(a) It is a ground for removal from the commission if a commissioner: (1) does not have at the time of taking office or maintain...
- Texas Section 201.058 - Information On Qualifications And Conduct
The department shall provide to the members of the commission, as often as necessary, information concerning the members' qualifications for office and their responsibilities under...
SUBCHAPTER C COMMISSION'S POWERS AND DUTIES
- Texas Section 201.059 - Training On Department And Certain Laws Relating To Department
(a) To be eligible to take office as a member of the commission, a person appointed to the commission must complete at least one course...
- Texas Section 201.101 - Rules; Records
The commission shall: (1) adopt rules for the operation of the department; (2) maintain a record of all proceedings and official orders; and (3) keep...
- Texas Section 201.102 - Separation Of Responsibilities
The commission shall develop and implement policies that clearly separate the policy-making responsibilities of the commission and the management responsibilities of the director and staff...
- Texas Section 201.103 - Comprehensive System Of Highways And Roads
(a) The commission shall plan and make policies for the location, construction, and maintenance of a comprehensive system of state highways and public roads. (b)...
- Texas Section 201.104 - Designation Of Farm-to-market Roads
(a) The commission may designate any county road as a farm-to-market road for the purposes of construction, reconstruction, and maintenance only, if the commissioners court...
- Texas Section 201.105 - Department Districts
(a) The commission shall divide the state into not more than 25 districts for the purpose of the performance of the department's duties. (b) In...
- Texas Section 201.1055 - Agreements With Private Entities
(a) Notwithstanding any other law, including Subchapter A, Chapter 2254, Government Code, Chapters 2165, 2166, and 2167, Government Code, and Sections 202.052, 202.053, 203.051, 203.052,...
- Texas Section 201.106 - Settlement Of Claims; Purchase Of Liability Insurance
(a) This section applies to a claim against the department arising from the use, operation, or maintenance of equipment that is used or may be...
- Texas Section 201.1075 - Chief Financial Officer
(a) The chief financial officer shall ensure that the department's financial activities are conducted in a transparent and reliable manner. (b) The chief financial officer...
- Texas Section 201.108 - Internal Auditor
(a) The commission shall appoint an internal auditor for the department. (b) The auditor shall report directly to the commission on the conduct of department...
- Texas Section 201.109 - Revenue Enhancement
(a) The commission shall: (1) enhance existing sources of revenue; and (2) create alternate sources of revenue. (b) In carrying out this section, the commission...
- Texas Section 201.110 - Contract With Adjoining State For Improvement Of Road Crossing States' Boundary
(a) The commission, by the authority of the governor, may contract with an adjoining state to: (1) provide for the improvement of a public road...
- Texas Section 201.111 - Recommendation Of Engineer; Determination Of Fitness
(a) On formal application by a county, road district of a county, or municipality, the commission may recommend for appointment a competent civil engineer who...
- Texas Section 201.112 - Contract Claims
(a) The commission may by rule establish procedures for the informal resolution of a claim arising out of a contract described by: (1) Section 22.018;...
- Texas Section 201.113 - Agreements With Regional Tollway Authorities
(a) Notwithstanding Sections 221.003 and 224.031, the commission and a regional tollway authority governed by Chapter 366 may enter into an agreement for the improvement...
- Texas Section 201.114 - Border Trade Advisory Committee
(a) In this section, "coordinator" means the border commerce coordinator designated under Section 772.010, Government Code. (b) The coordinator shall serve on the Border Trade...
- Texas Section 201.115 - Borrowing Money
(a) The commission may authorize the department to borrow money from any source to carry out the functions of the department. (b) A loan under...
- Texas Section 201.116 - Report To Secretary Of State
(a) In this section, "colonia" means a geographic area that: (1) is an economically distressed area as defined by Section 17.921, Water Code; (2) is...
- Texas Section 201.117 - Advisory Committees
(a) The commission may establish, as it considers necessary, advisory committees on any of the matters under its jurisdiction. (b) The commission shall determine the...
- Texas Section 201.118 - Negotiated Rulemaking; Alternative Dispute Resolution Procedures
(a) The commission shall develop and implement a policy to encourage the use of: (1) negotiated rulemaking procedures under Chapter 2008, Government Code, for the...
SUBCHAPTER D TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
- Texas Section 201.119 - Legislative Appropriations Request
(a) Department staff shall deliver the department's legislative appropriations request to the commission in an open meeting not later than the 30th day before the...
- Texas Section 201.201 - Governance Of Department
The commission governs the Texas Department of Transportation. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
- Texas Section 201.202 - Divisions; Division Personnel
(a) The commission shall organize the department into divisions to accomplish the department's functions and the duties assigned to it, including divisions for: (1) aviation;...
- Texas Section 201.203 - Department Office
The department shall have its statewide headquarters office in Austin. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts...
- Texas Section 201.2035 - Accounting Structure
The department shall create and maintain an accounting structure for roadway and warehouse inventory of the department. The accounting structure must provide for the accounting...
- Texas Section 201.204 - Sunset Provision
The Texas Department of Transportation is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter, the...
- Texas Section 201.2041 - Submission Of Financial Audit To Sunset Commission
(a) The department shall submit with its agency report under Section 325.007, Government Code, a complete and detailed financial audit conducted by an independent certified...
- Texas Section 201.205 - Protection And Use Of Intellectual Property And Publications
(a) The department may: (1) apply for, register, secure, hold, and protect under the laws of the United States, any state, or any nation a...
- Texas Section 201.206 - Donations And Contributions
For the purpose of carrying out its functions and duties, the department may accept, from any source, a donation or contribution in any form, including...
- Texas Section 201.207 - Cross-border Transportation And Infrastructure Meetings
(a) The department shall initiate efforts to meet at least quarterly with the department's counterparts in those states of the United Mexican States that border...
- Texas Section 201.208 - Payment Of Fees For Department Goods And Services
(a) The commission may adopt rules regarding the method of payment of a fee for any goods sold or services provided by the department or...
- Texas Section 201.209 - Authority To Contract
(a) The department may enter into an interlocal contract with one or more local governments in accordance with Chapter 791, Government Code. (b) The department...
- Texas Section 201.210 - Legislative Lobbying
(a) In addition to Section 556.006, Government Code, the commission or a department employee may not use money under the department's control or engage in...
SUBCHAPTER E DIRECTOR
- Texas Section 201.211 - Ethics Affirmation And Hotline
(a) A department employee shall annually affirm the employee's adherence to the ethics policy adopted under Section 572.051(c), Government Code. (b) The department shall establish...
- Texas Section 201.301 - Executive Director
(a) The commission shall elect an executive director for the department. The director must be experienced and skilled in transportation planning and development and in...
- Texas Section 201.302 - State Road Map
The director shall make, regularly revise, and keep in a form convenient for examination in the office of the department a complete road map of...
SUBCHAPTER F DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES
- Texas Section 201.303 - Use Of University Laboratories For Analyzing Materials
The director may use laboratories maintained at Texas A&M University and The University of Texas to test and analyze road and bridge material. Persons in...
- Texas Section 201.401 - Employee Qualifications
(a) A person may not be an employee of the department who is employed in a "bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity," as that...
- Texas Section 201.402 - Equal Employment Opportunity
(a) The director or the director's designee shall prepare and maintain a written policy statement to ensure implementation of a program of equal employment opportunity...
- Texas Section 201.403 - Hiring Women And Minorities
(a) To provide adequate numbers of women and minority applicants for all positions in the department, the department shall: (1) open all positions compensated at...
- Texas Section 201.404 - Employee Programs
(a) The director or the director's designee shall develop an intra-agency career ladder program that addresses opportunities for mobility and advancement for employees in the...
- Texas Section 201.405 - Exchange Of Engineers With Mexico
(a) The commission may employ not more than five citizens of the United Mexican States who are student engineers or graduate engineers for a period...
SUBCHAPTER F-1 COMPLIANCE PROGRAM
- Texas Section 201.406 - Relocation Assistance
(a) In addition to authority granted by other law, the department may reimburse transferred employees for expenses or costs related to selling existing housing and...
- Texas Section 201.451 - Establishment And Purpose
The commission shall establish a compliance program, which must include a compliance office to oversee the program. The compliance office is responsible for: (1) acting...
- Texas Section 201.452 - Investigation Oversight
(a) The compliance office has primary jurisdiction for oversight and coordination of all investigations occurring on department property or involving department employees. (b) The compliance...
- Texas Section 201.453 - Initiation Of Investigations
The compliance office may only initiate an investigation based on: (1) authorization from the commission; (2) approval of the director of the compliance office; (3)...
- Texas Section 201.454 - Reports
(a) The compliance office shall report directly to the commission regarding performance of and activities related to investigations and provide the director with information regarding...
- Texas Section 201.455 - Cooperation With Law Enforcement Officials And Other Entities
(a) The director of the compliance office shall provide information and evidence relating to criminal acts to the state auditor's office and appropriate law enforcement...
SUBCHAPTER G RECORDS
- Texas Section 201.456 - Authority Of State Auditor
This subchapter or other law related to the operation of the department's compliance program does not preempt the authority of the state auditor to conduct...
- Texas Section 201.501 - Reproduction Of Records
(a) The department may photograph, microphotograph, or film any record that pertains to department operations. (b) The department may create original records in micrographic form...
- Texas Section 201.502 - Retention Of Deed
A deed that conveys any interest in real property to the state for a highway purpose shall be deposited and retained in the Austin office...
SUBCHAPTER H PLANS AND PROJECTS
- Texas Section 201.503 - Disposal Of Records
Unless otherwise required by law, and subject to Chapter 441, Government Code, the department may dispose of or destroy a record that the department determines...
- Texas Section 201.601 - Statewide Transportation Plan
(a) The department shall develop a statewide transportation plan covering a period of 24 years that contains all modes of transportation, including: (1) highways and...
- Texas Section 201.6011 - International Trade Corridor Plan
(a) To the extent possible, the department shall coordinate with appropriate entities to develop an integrated international trade corridor plan. The plan must: (1) include...
- Texas Section 201.6012 - Coordination Of Statewide Passenger Rail System
To facilitate the development and interconnectivity of rail systems in this state, the department shall coordinate activities regarding the planning, construction, operation, and maintenance of...
- Texas Section 201.6013 - Long-term Plan For Statewide Passenger Rail System
The department shall prepare and update annually a long-term plan for a statewide passenger rail system. Information contained in the plan must include: (1) a...
- Texas Section 201.6015 - Integration Of Plans And Policy Efforts
In developing each of its transportation plans and policy efforts, the department must clearly reference the statewide transportation plan under Section 201.601 and specify how...
- Texas Section 201.602 - Project Selection Hearings
The commission annually shall hold hearings on its highway project selection process and the relative importance of the various criteria on which the commission bases...
- Texas Section 201.603 - Agreement With Other Agencies For Roads
(a) On request of the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation or the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, the department may enter into agreements...
- Texas Section 201.6035 - Authorization To Participate In Certain Federal Transportation Programs
(a) The department may assume responsibilities of the United States Department of Transportation with respect to duties under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969...
- Texas Section 201.604 - Environmental Review
(a) The commission by rule shall provide for the commission's environmental review of the department's transportation projects that are not subject to review under the...
- Texas Section 201.606 - Property In Endangered Species Habitat
If the department acquires for a transportation project property that is a habitat of one or more species listed as endangered under the Endangered Species...
- Texas Section 201.607 - Environmental, Historical, Or Archeological Memorandum Of Understanding
(a) Not later than January 1, 1997, and every fifth year after that date, the department and each state agency that is responsible for the...
- Texas Section 201.608 - Projects For Traffic From International Trade
(a) The department annually shall review its proposed road projects to determine whether the projects are adequate to allow for the projected volume of highway...
- Texas Section 201.609 - Notice To Legislators Of Completed Projects
(a) Not later than the 10th day before the date on which a major road project is scheduled for completion, the department shall provide notice...
- Texas Section 201.610 - Highway Sound Barriers
The department may erect a sound barrier to reduce the noise from a road or highway in the state highway system at any location the...
- Texas Section 201.611 - Coordination Of Flood Control
In the construction of its highway projects, the department shall coordinate with local flood control authorities to minimize the impact of flooding. Added by Acts...
- Texas Section 201.612 - Approval By Commission Of Bridge Over Rio Grande
(a) A political subdivision or private entity authorized to construct or finance the construction of a bridge over the Rio Grande: (1) must obtain approval...
- Texas Section 201.613 - One-stop Border Inspection Facilities
(a) The department shall erect and maintain border inspection facilities along a major highway at or near a border crossing from Mexico in the Pharr,...
- Texas Section 201.614 - Safe Routes To School Program
(a) The department shall establish and administer a Safe Routes to School Program to distribute money received under the Hazard Elimination Program (23 U.S.C. Section...
- Texas Section 201.615 - Design Considerations
(a) The department shall consider the following factors when developing transportation projects that involve the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, or resurfacing of a highway, other than...
- Texas Section 201.616 - Annual Report To Legislature On Certain Matters
(a) Not later than December 1 of each year, the department shall submit a report to the legislature that details: (1) the expenditures made by...
- Texas Section 201.617 - Mitigation Of Adverse Environmental Impacts
(a) If authorized by an applicable regulatory authority, to mitigate an adverse environmental impact that is a direct result of the construction, improvement, or maintenance...
- Texas Section 201.618 - Hydrogen-fueled Vehicles And Refueling Stations
(a) The department may seek funding from public and private sources to acquire and operate hydrogen-fueled vehicles and to establish and operate hydrogen refueling stations...
- Texas Section 201.619 - Cooperative Planning With Counties
(a) In this section, "corridor" means a geographical band that follows a general directional flow connecting major sources of trips. (b) The department and a...
- Texas Section 201.620 - Coordination With Metropolitan Planning Organizations To Develop Long-term Planning Assumptions
The department shall collaborate with metropolitan planning organizations to develop mutually acceptable assumptions for the purposes of long-range federal and state funding forecasts and use...
- Texas Section 201.621 - Motorcyclist Safety And Share The Road Campaign
From funds appropriated for that purpose, the department shall conduct a continuing public awareness campaign to promote motorcyclist safety and the concept of sharing the...
SUBCHAPTER I FUNDS AND EXPENDITURES
- Texas Section 201.622 - Wildfire Emergency Evacuation Route
(a) Notwithstanding Section 418.018, Government Code, in a county with a population of less than 75,000 and with a verifiable history of wildfire, the department...
- Texas Section 201.701 - Funds For Emergency Medical Services
(a) If the department receives state or federal highway safety funds that may be used for emergency medical services, the department shall: (1) contract with...
- Texas Section 201.702 - Disadvantaged Business Program
(a) The department shall: (1) set annual goals for the awarding of state or federally funded contracts, including construction, maintenance, supply, and service contracts, to...
- Texas Section 201.703 - Expenditures For Roads Not On The Highway System
(a) The department in conjunction with the Federal Highway Administration may spend for the improvement of a road not in the state highway system money...
- Texas Section 201.704 - Contract For Repair Or Maintenance Of Equipment
(a) The department shall contract with a private entity for the repair or maintenance of highway equipment and passenger cars used by the department if...
- Texas Section 201.706 - Local Government Assistance
From appropriated funds, the department shall assist counties with materials to repair and maintain county roads. The department shall: (1) provide that the total annual...
- Texas Section 201.707 - Agreements For Services On Regional Tollway Authority Projects
Notwithstanding Section 201.703(c), the department and a regional tollway authority governed by Chapter 366 may enter into an agreement for the provision by the department,...
SUBCHAPTER I-1 ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCESS
- Texas Section 201.710 - Planning And Funding Of Ports Of Entry
(a) In this section: (1) "Port of entry" means a place designated by executive order of the president of the United States, by order of...
- Texas Section 201.751 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "Day" means a calendar day. (2) "Federal Highway Administration" means the United States Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration. (3) "Highway...
- Texas Section 201.752 - Standards
(a) The commission by rule shall establish standards for processing an environmental review document for a highway project. The standards must increase efficiency, minimize delays,...
- Texas Section 201.753 - Environmental Review Limited To Certain Projects
(a) A local government sponsor or the department may prepare an environmental review document for a highway project only if the highway project is: (1)...
- Texas Section 201.754 - Scope Of Project
If an environmental review document is prepared by a local government sponsor, the local government sponsor must prepare a detailed scope of the project in...
- Texas Section 201.755 - Notice To Department
(a) A local government sponsor may submit notice to the department proposing that the local government sponsor prepare the environmental review document for a highway...
- Texas Section 201.756 - Local Government Sponsor Responsibilities
A local government sponsor that submits notice under Section 201.755 is responsible for preparing all materials for: (1) project scope determination; (2) environmental reports; (3)...
- Texas Section 201.757 - Determination Of Administratively Complete Environmental Review Document
(a) A local government sponsor's submission of an environmental review document must include a statement from the local government sponsor that the document is administratively...
- Texas Section 201.758 - Department Declines To Confirm That Document Is Administratively Complete
(a) The department may decline to issue a letter confirming that an environmental review document is administratively complete and ready for technical review only if...
- Texas Section 201.759 - Review Deadlines
(a) The following deadlines must be included in the standards adopted under Section 201.752: (1) the department shall issue a classification letter not later than...
- Texas Section 201.760 - Suspension Of Time Periods
The computation of review deadlines under Section 201.759 does not begin until an environmental review document is determined to be administratively complete, and is suspended...
- Texas Section 201.761 - Agreement Between Local Government Sponsor And Department
Notwithstanding any provision of this subchapter or any other law, a local government sponsor and the department may enter into an agreement that defines the...
SUBCHAPTER J INFORMATION FURNISHED BY DEPARTMENT
- Texas Section 201.762 - Reports To Commission And Legislature
(a) Not later than June 30 and December 31 of each year, the department shall submit a report to the commission at a regularly scheduled...
- Texas Section 201.801 - Complaints
(a) The department shall maintain a system to promptly and efficiently act on complaints filed with the department. The department shall maintain information about the...
- Texas Section 201.802 - Public Access To Commission And To Department Programs
(a) The commission shall develop and implement policies that provide the public with a reasonable opportunity to appear before the commission and speak on any...
- Texas Section 201.803 - Information For Road Construction And Maintenance
(a) The department shall collect information and compile statistics about the mileage, character, and condition of public roads in each county and the cost of...
- Texas Section 201.8035 - Inspection Of County And Municipal Bridges
(a) If the department inspects a bridge under the jurisdiction of a county or a municipality and determines that the bridge qualifies for a lower...
- Texas Section 201.804 - Submission Of Bridge Design Plans To Department
(a) This section applies to any governmental entity of this state that is authorized by law to construct or maintain a public road and that:...
- Texas Section 201.805 - Reports And Information
(a) The department shall annually publish in appropriate media and on the department's Internet website in a format that allows the information to be read...
- Texas Section 201.806 - Accident Reports
Sec. 201.806. ACCIDENT REPORTS. (a) The department shall: (1) tabulate and analyze the vehicle accident reports it receives; and (2) annually or more frequently publish...
- Texas Section 201.807 - Project Information Reporting System
(a) In this section, "department project" means a highway project under the jurisdiction of the department, including a grouped rehabilitation and preventive maintenance project, that:...
- Texas Section 201.808 - Transportation Expenditure Priorities
(a) The department shall develop a process to identify and distinguish between the transportation projects that are required to maintain the state infrastructure and the...
- Texas Section 201.809 - Statewide Transportation Report
(a) The department annually shall evaluate and publish a report about the status of each transportation goal for this state. The report must include: (1)...
- Texas Section 201.810 - Department Information Consolidation
(a) To the extent practicable and to avoid duplication of reporting requirements, the department may combine the reports required under this subchapter with reports required...
SUBCHAPTER K ROAD AND HIGHWAY USE; SIGNS
- Texas Section 201.811 - Public Involvement Policy
(a) The department shall develop and implement a policy for public involvement that guides and encourages public involvement with the department. The policy must: (1)...
- Texas Section 201.901 - Prohibiting Use Of Highway Or Road
(a) The commission may prohibit the use of any part of a highway or road under the control of the department by any vehicle that...
- Texas Section 201.902 - Road Use By Bicyclists
(a) The department shall designate: (1) a statewide bicycle coordinator; and (2) a bicycle coordinator in each regional office. (b) A bicycle coordinator shall assist...
- Texas Section 201.9025 - Texas Bicycle Tourism Trails
(a) The Texas Department of Transportation Bicycle Advisory Committee shall advise and make recommendations to the commission on the development of bicycle tourism trails in...
- Texas Section 201.903 - Classification, Designation, And Marking Of Highways
(a) The department may classify, designate, and mark state highways in this state. (b) The department may provide a uniform system of marking and signing...
- Texas Section 201.904 - Speed Signs
The department shall erect and maintain on the highways and roads of this state appropriate signs that show the maximum lawful speed for commercial motor...
- Texas Section 201.905 - Traffic Safety Signs
(a) The department may implement a traffic safety program that includes posting signs along the roadside at the 500 sites with the highest number of...
- Texas Section 201.906 - Multimodal Road Use
(a) The department shall conduct a comprehensive analysis of the multimodal use of roads and highways in the state highway system. The analysis shall include...
- Texas Section 201.907 - Contract For Enforcement
The department or a public or private entity contracted to operate a toll project may contract with an agency of this state or a local...
- Texas Section 201.908 - Removing Or Covering Signs In Construction Or Maintenance Work Zone
(a) In this section, "construction or maintenance work zone" has the meaning assigned by Section 472.022. (b) The department shall remove or cover or require...
- Texas Section 201.909 - Memorial Sign Program
(a) In this section, "victim" means a person killed in a highway accident involving alcohol or a controlled substance, excluding an operator who was under...
- Texas Section 201.910 - Memorial Markers For Certain Peace Officers Killed In Line Of Duty
(a) The commission by rule shall authorize memorial markers honoring peace officers killed in the line of duty who are not Department of Public Safety...
SUBCHAPTER L ELECTRONIC ISSUANCE OF OUTDOOR ADVERTISING LICENSES
- Texas Section 201.911 - Memorial Sign Program For Motorcyclists
(a) In this section, "victim" means a person killed in a highway accident while operating or riding on a motorcycle. (b) The commission by rule...
- Texas Section 201.931 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "Digital signature" means an electronic identifier intended by the person using it to have the same force and effect as the...
- Texas Section 201.932 - Application For And Issuance Of License
(a) The commission may by rule provide for the filing of a license application and the issuance of a license by electronic means. (b) The...
- Texas Section 201.933 - Digital Signature
(a) A license application received by the department is considered signed if a digital signature is transmitted with the application and intended by the applicant...
SUBCHAPTER M OBLIGATIONS FOR CERTAIN HIGHWAY AND MOBILITY PROJECTS
- Texas Section 201.934 - Payment Of Fees
The commission may adopt rules regarding the method of payment of a fee for a license issued under this subchapter. The rules may authorize the...
- Texas Section 201.941 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "Comptroller's certification" means: (A) as to long-term obligations, the certification made under Section 201.943(e); and (B) as to short-term obligations, the...
- Texas Section 201.942 - Administration Of Fund
The comptroller shall hold the fund, and the commission, through the department, shall manage, invest, use, and administer the fund as provided by this subchapter....
- Texas Section 201.943 - Authority To Issue Obligations; Purposes; Limitations
(a) Subject to Subsections (e), (f), (g), and (l), the commission by order or resolution may issue obligations in the name and on behalf of...
- Texas Section 201.944 - Pledge Of State's Full Faith And Credit
(a) The commission may guarantee on behalf of the state the payment of any obligations and credit agreements issued under Section 201.943 by pledging the...
- Texas Section 201.945 - Dedication Of Revenue To Fund
Annually, the revenue of the state that is dedicated or appropriated to the fund pursuant to Section 49-k(e), Article III, Texas Constitution, shall be deposited...
- Texas Section 201.946 - Investment And Uses Of Money In Fund
(a) Money in the fund may be invested in the investments permitted by law for the investment of money on deposit in the state highway...
SUBCHAPTER N HIGHWAY TAX AND REVENUE ANTICIPATION NOTES
- Texas Section 201.947 - Strategic Plan
The commission may not issue obligations under this subchapter before the department has developed a strategic plan that outlines how the money will be used...
- Texas Section 201.961 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "Committee" means the cash management committee described in Section 404.122, Government Code. (2) "Credit agreement" has the meaning assigned by Section...
- Texas Section 201.962 - Notes Authorized; Committee Approval
(a) In anticipation of a temporary cash flow shortfall in the state highway fund during any fiscal year, the commission, subject to the approval of...
- Texas Section 201.963 - Issuance Of Notes
(a) The commission, consistent with the committee's determination under Section 201.962, may issue, sell, and deliver the notes. (b) Notes issued under this subchapter are...
SUBCHAPTER O RAIL RELOCATION AND IMPROVEMENT
- Texas Section 201.964 - Fund Transfers; Interest; Payment Of Notes
(a) The department periodically shall transfer cash received in the state highway fund to the highway tax and revenue anticipation note fund to ensure the...
- Texas Section 201.971 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "Comptroller's certification" means: (A) as to long-term obligations, the certification made under Section 201.973(e); and (B) as to short-term obligations, the...
- Texas Section 201.972 - Administration Of Fund
The comptroller shall hold the fund, and the commission, through the department, shall manage, invest, use, and administer the fund as provided by this subchapter....
- Texas Section 201.973 - Authority To Issue Obligations; Purposes; Limitations
(a) Subject to Subsections (e), (f), and (g), the commission by order or resolution may issue obligations in the name and on behalf of the...
- Texas Section 201.974 - Pledge Of State's Full Faith And Credit
(a) The commission may guarantee on behalf of the state the payment of any obligations and credit agreements issued under Section 201.973 by pledging the...
- Texas Section 201.975 - Dedication Of Revenue To Fund
Annually, the revenue of the state that is dedicated or appropriated to the fund pursuant to Section 49-o(d), Article III, Texas Constitution, shall be deposited...
- Texas Section 201.976 - Investment And Uses Of Money In Fund
(a) Money in the fund may be invested in the investments permitted by law for the investment of money on deposit in the state highway...
- Texas Section 201.977 - Strategic Plan
The commission may not issue obligations under this subchapter before the department has developed a strategic plan that outlines how the money will be used...
- Texas Section 201.978 - Acquisition And Disposal Of Property
(a) The department may acquire by purchase property or an interest in property necessary or convenient for one or more of the purposes for which...
- Texas Section 201.979 - "Welcome To Texas" Signs
(a) The department shall erect a "Welcome to Texas" sign to designate the state boundary on an interstate, United States, or state highway entering the...
SUBCHAPTER P UNIFIED TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM
- Texas Section 201.980 - Texas Flags At International Ports-of-entry
(a) The department shall erect and maintain a Texas flag to designate the state boundary at an appropriate location at or near each interstate, United...
- Texas Section 201.9901 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "Planning organization" means: (A) a metropolitan planning organization; or (B) for an area that is not within the boundaries of a...
- Texas Section 201.991 - Unified Transportation Program
(a) The department shall develop a unified transportation program covering a period of 10 years to guide the development of and authorize construction of transportation...
- Texas Section 201.9911 - Planning Organization 10-year Plan
(a) Each planning organization shall develop a 10-year transportation plan for the use of the funding allocated to the region. The department shall assist the...
- Texas Section 201.992 - Annual Update To Unified Transportation Program
(a) The department shall annually update the unified transportation program. (b) The annual update must include: (1) the annual funding forecast required by Section 201.993;...
- Texas Section 201.993 - Annual Funding And Cash Flow Forecasts
(a) The department annually shall: (1) develop and publish a forecast of all funds the department expects to receive, including funds from this state and...
- Texas Section 201.9932 - Project Recommendation Criteria
Each planning organization shall develop its own project recommendation criteria, which must include consideration of: (1) projected improvements to congestion and safety; (2) projected effects...
- Texas Section 201.994 - Major Transportation Projects
(a) The commission by rule shall: (1) establish criteria for designating a project as a major transportation project; (2) develop benchmarks for evaluating the progress...
- Texas Section 201.995 - Priority Projects In Program Categories
(a) The commission by rule shall: (1) establish categories in the unified transportation program; (2) assign each project identified in the program to a category;...
- Texas Section 201.996 - Funding Allocation
(a) For each funding category established under Section 201.991(b)(2), the commission by rule shall specify the formulas for allocating funds to districts and metropolitan planning...
- Texas Section 201.997 - Fund Distribution
(a) The department shall allocate funds to the department districts based on the formulas adopted under Section 201.996. (b) In distributing funds to department districts,...
- Texas Section 201.998 - Work Program
(a) Each department district shall develop a consistently formatted work program based on the unified transportation program covering a period of four years that contains...
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- Texas Section 201.9991 - Prioritization And Approval Of Projects By Commission
(a) The commission by rule shall prioritize and approve projects included in the statewide transportation plan under Section 201.601 in order to provide financial assistance...
- Texas Section 201.2001 - Honorable Hilary B
DORAN TRANSPORTATION BUILDING. The building in which, on June 1, 2009, is located the office of the area engineer for Val Verde County is designated...
- Texas Section 201.2002 - Edmund P
KUEMPEL REST AREAS. (a) The eastbound and westbound rest areas located on Interstate Highway 10 in Guadalupe County are designated as the Edmund P. Kuempel...