Bill Text: TX HB2306 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a study regarding the public health considerations of transportation planning.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-01 - Left pending in committee [HB2306 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2306-Introduced.html
86R12244 AJZ-F | ||
By: Rosenthal | H.B. No. 2306 |
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relating to a study regarding the public health considerations of | ||
transportation planning. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. INTERIM COMMITTEE; STUDY. (a) The joint interim | ||
committee on the public health considerations of transportation | ||
planning is established to study and review the methods the Texas | ||
Department of Transportation uses to integrate public health | ||
considerations into major highway project planning and general | ||
department policy. | ||
(b) The study must consider: | ||
(1) the extent to which the Texas Department of | ||
Transportation, when planning major highway projects, currently | ||
considers the effects increased traffic capacity may have on the | ||
health of adjacent populations; and | ||
(2) methods that may be employed by the Texas | ||
Department of Transportation to incorporate public health | ||
considerations into major highway project planning, including: | ||
(A) conducting health effects assessments to | ||
determine the effects a major highway project may have on the health | ||
of adjacent populations and publishing the resulting findings; | ||
(B) notifying affected communities when a major | ||
highway project may pose a public health risk to vulnerable | ||
populations concentrated in nearby areas, such as at schools; and | ||
(C) considering alternative multimodal | ||
transportation options to achieve the stated goal of a | ||
transportation improvement project. | ||
(c) The joint interim committee shall be composed of: | ||
(1) six members of the senate transportation committee | ||
appointed by the lieutenant governor; | ||
(2) three members of the house transportation | ||
committee appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives; | ||
and | ||
(3) three members of the house environmental | ||
regulation committee appointed by the speaker of the house of | ||
representatives. | ||
(d) The lieutenant governor and speaker of the house of | ||
representatives shall each designate a co-chair from among the | ||
committee members. | ||
(e) The joint interim committee has all other powers and | ||
duties provided to a special or select committee by the rules of the | ||
senate and house of representatives by Subchapter B, Chapter 301, | ||
Government Code, and by policies of the senate and house committees | ||
on administration. | ||
(f) Not later than January 1, 2021, the joint interim | ||
committee shall report the committee's findings and | ||
recommendations to the governor and the members of the legislature. | ||
SECTION 2. ABOLITION OF COMMITTEE. The committee is | ||
abolished and this Act expires January 12, 2021. | ||
SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect | ||
immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members | ||
elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas | ||
Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for | ||
immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |