Senate Committee on State Affairs - 77th R.S. (2001)

Committee:	Senate State Affairs
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	Report to the 78th Legislature / Senate Committee on State Affairs.
Subjects:	Federal funds | Federal government | Highway finance | Highway planning | Rights of way | Semi-trailer trucks | Transportation | Transportation Commission, Texas | Transportation infrastructure | Transportation, Texas Department of |
Library Call Number:	L1836.77 st29a
Session:	77th R.S. (2001)
Online version:	View report [197 pages  File size: 4,128 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Actively monitor the Texas Department of Transportation's update of the Texas Transportation Plan. The Committee shall assess the plan in terms of how it addresses relevant issues such as transportation funding, traffic congestion, multimodal transportation, rural transportation planning, NAFTA-related traffic, and establishment of acceptable levels of service for mobility. The Committee may make recommendations to improve upon planning procedures used by the Texas Department of Transportation as well as statutory changes necessary to facilitate implementation of the Texas Transportation Plan. The Committee may also recommend solutions to the state's transportation funding shortfall.
2.	Monitor developments at the federal level relating to the re-authorization of TEA-21 and the creation of new innovative transportation financing techniques.
3.	Evaluate developments related to the commercial trucking industry. This study should include, but not necessarily be limited to, the following: an evaluation of the state's ongoing efforts to enforce truck safety regulations efficiently and fairly; developments at the state and federal levels related to opening our highways to Mexican truck traffic; and the effect of heavy truck traffic on our state and local roadways.
4.	Review the recently proposed TxDOT [Texas Department of Transportation] Access Management Rules and the associated draft Access Management Manual.
Committee:	Senate State Affairs
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	Report to the 78th Legislature / Senate Sub-Committee on Native American Affairs.
Subjects:	Native Americans |
Library Call Number:	L1836.77 st29ab
Session:	77th R.S. (2001)
Online version:	View report [35 pages  File size: 418 kb]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	Examine the need and feasibility for establishing a state agency or commission for Native American affairs. The Committee should determine whether certain issues facing the Native American community are being adequately addressed by existing state agencies. The issues to be examined should include diabetes susceptibility, alcohol abuse prevention, educational opportunities, water rights, land ownership, burial ground disturbance, historical representation, and tax administration.

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