Texas § TN.455.001 - DEPARTMENT DUTIES REGARDING MASS TRANSPORTATION
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§ TN.455.001. DEPARTMENT DUTIES REGARDING MASS TRANSPORTATION
DEPARTMENT DUTIES REGARDING MASS TRANSPORTATION. 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. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
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Section TN.455.001 ("DEPARTMENT DUTIES REGARDING MASS TRANSPORTATION") is part of the The Texas Constitution, the codified statutory law of Texas. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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