Bill Text: TX HB260 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of a cross-border motor vehicle traffic congestion web portal.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-04-15 - Referred to Transportation [HB260 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB260-Engrossed.html
By: Blanco, Anchia, Romero, Jr., Muñoz, Jr. | H.B. No. 260 |
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relating to the creation of a cross-border motor vehicle traffic | ||
congestion web portal. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 201, Transportation Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 201.2075 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 201.2075. CROSS-BORDER TRAFFIC CONGESTION WEB PORTAL. | ||
(a) The department in collaboration with the Texas A&M | ||
Transportation Institute shall develop and maintain a publicly | ||
accessible web portal designed to provide real-time information | ||
regarding motor vehicle movements at ports of entry between this | ||
state and the United Mexican States and in surrounding areas for the | ||
purpose of alleviating cross-border motor vehicle traffic | ||
congestion. The web portal must provide integrated information | ||
related to: | ||
(1) wait times and crossing times; | ||
(2) real-time traffic volumes; | ||
(3) the number of motor vehicles at the crossing; | ||
(4) the number of and type of lanes that are open at | ||
the crossing; and | ||
(5) determining accurate travel times on both sides of | ||
the crossing, including travel times between specified | ||
destinations. | ||
(b) In developing and maintaining the web portal, the | ||
department may collaborate with other governmental entities, | ||
including federal agencies, state and local transportation | ||
agencies of this state or the United Mexican States, and political | ||
subdivisions of this state or the United Mexican States. | ||
(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the department is not | ||
required to develop the web portal if the web portal would duplicate | ||
an existing web-based platform provided by the federal government | ||
that provides all the information described by Subsections | ||
(a)(1)-(5) for the purpose of alleviating cross-border motor | ||
vehicle traffic congestion. | ||
SECTION 2. Not later than September 1, 2021, the Texas | ||
Department of Transportation shall develop the web portal required | ||
under Section 201.2075, Transportation Code, as added by this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. 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. |