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8 Document(s) [ Subject: Houston Ship Channel ]
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- Committee:
- Senate Transportation, 85th R.S. (2017)
- Title:
- Interim Report
- Document type:
- Report
- Subjects:
- Federal funds | Fines | Highway finance | Highways | Houston Ship Channel | Human trafficking | Hurricane Harvey | Ports | Toll roads | Traffic violations | Transportation planning |
- Library Call Number:
- L1836.85 T685
- Description:
- [70 pages]
- Charges:
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- Study the impact of Hurricane Harvey on the state’s transportation infrastructure and make recommendations on how best to rebuild assets efficiently and effectively.
- Funding Opportunities for Texas Ports: Review the state's appropriations for Texas' ports and the Ship Channel Improvement Revolving Fund and make recommendations for increased investment to meet future needs.
- Project Acceleration: Study and make recommendations regarding segregating state and federal transportation funding to accelerate project delivery.
- Toll Road Penalties: Review penalty practices employed by toll authorities throughout the state and make recommendations to improve customer service and eliminate unjustified penalties.
- Human Smuggling: Examine the anti-smuggling efforts of governmental and non-governmental entities under the committee's jurisdiction. Compare the findings to best practices in other states and make recommendations to help advance efforts in the fight against human smuggling.
- Highway Naming: Review the state's policy related to the naming of state highways for individuals and make recommendations to limit and reform the criteria of such designations.
- Monitoring Charge: Monitor the implementation of legislation addressed by the Senate Committee on Transportation during the 85th Legislatu re, Regular Session and make recommendations for any legislation needed to improve, enhance, and/ or complete implementation. Specifically, monitor the following: • Implementation of statutory changes specified in the Texas Department of Transportation's (TxDOT) sunset legislation. 1) requiring toll road entities to use toll revenue to pay back TxDOT for grants used to construct toll roads. 2) prohibiting TxDOT from operating or transferring a HOV lane as a tolled lane. 3) authorizing TxDOT to convert non-tolled lanes as toll lanes - only if the number of non-tolled lanes is greater than or equal to the number in existence before the toll conversion project. 4) prohibiting TxDOT from awarding contracts unless the contractor participates in E-verify; and • Progress of the Texas Department of Transportation's (TxDOT) efforts to issue an annual permit for transporting overweight, sealed intermodal shipping containers on TxDOT approved routes within 30 miles of a port of entry or an international bridge.
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- Committee:
- Senate Transportation and Homeland Security, 82nd R.S. (2011)
- Title:
- Interim Report
- Document type:
- Report
- Subjects:
- Alternative fuel vehicles | Alternative fueling stations | Driver licenses | Homeland security | Houston Ship Channel | Natural gas | Panama Canal | Ports | Public Safety, Texas Department of | Toll roads | Traffic | Transportation, Texas Department of | Trucking | Vehicle registration |
- Library Call Number:
- L1836.82 T688
- Description:
- [42 pages]
- Charges:
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- Examine the anticipated impacts of the Panama Canal expansion on Texas' cargo and shipping industry, intermodal facilities, roadways, and ports. Examine the implementation of the Houston Ship Channel Security District and determine if additional security districts are needed for other ports.
- Study current state statutes and agency rules regulating oversize and overweight vehicles. Evaluate the public safety benefit of enforcing these regulations and effectiveness in preventing roadway damage, including the cost of repair and maintenance to infrastructure associated with overweight vehicles. Provide recommendations that balance economic productivity, public safety, and protection and maintenance of roadways. Provide recommendations on the need for additional weights and measures training for law enforcement in this state.
- Study the potential for toll collection and enforcement tools to pursue toll scofflaws for Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and local toll project entities.
- Examine the need for additional natural gas fueling infrastructure to efficiently utilize Texas' vast domestic reserves of natural gas. Also, examine the future requirements for public and private electric vehicle charging stations and the impact of the increased usage of alternative-fueled vehicles. Include geographic balance in the evaluation of alternative-fuel infrastructure. Assess the impact that increasing numbers of electric vehicles will have on the state's electric grid.
- Monitor the implementation of legislation addressed by the Senate Committee on Transportation & Homeland Security, 82nd Legislature, Regular and Called Sessions, and make recommendations for any legislation needed to improve, enhance, and/or complete implementation. Specifically, monitor the following:
- Implementation of the Sunset Advisory Commission recommendations, statutory changes specified in TxDOT's sunset legislation and TxDOT's modernization efforts, including the use of public and private engineering services and the implementation and use of business performance measures;
- Implementation of Proposition 12 funding provided by the fiscal year 2012-2013 Appropriations Act, including an assessment of the impact of this funding on the state's Top 50 list of congested roadway segments and the funding needed to advance each region's priorities in fiscal year 2014-2015;
- Progress of the Texas Department of Public Safety's Driver License Division efforts to enhance driver license processing, including technology and staff improvements, establishment of mega centers, additional mobile offices, and increased number of temporary visitor document processing staff.
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- Committee:
- House Ship Channel Safety, Special Interim, 64th R.S. (1975)
- Title:
- Interim Report
- Document type:
- Report
- Subjects:
- Fire prevention | Houston Ship Channel |
- Library Call Number:
- L1836.64 sh64
- Description:
- [14 pages File size: 351 kb]
- Charges:
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- Study the problems involved with developing a unified system of fire protection for the House Ship Channel and the immediate channel area. *
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- Committee:
- House Traffic Safety and Fire Protection in Houston Ship Channel, 61st R.S. (1969)
- Title:
- Interim Report
- Document type:
- Report
- Subjects:
- Houston Ship Channel |
- Library Call Number:
- L1836.61 t676
- Description:
- [21 pages File size: 647 kb]
- Charges:
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- Study the problems of traffic safety and fire protection administration in the Houston Ship Channel and the surrounding areas.
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- Committee:
- House Traffic Safety and Fire Protection in Houston Ship Channel, 61st R.S. (1969)
- Title:
- Transcript, date unknown, including testimony of Paul Drozak, Seafarers International Union
- Document type:
- Supporting document
- Library Call Number:
- L1836.61 T676M
- Description:
- [77 pages File size: 1,349 kb]
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- Committee:
- House Traffic Safety and Fire Protection in Houston Ship Channel, 61st R.S. (1969)
- Title:
- Transcript, February 13, 1970, including testimony of Marvin Hurley, Houston Chamber of Commerce, and Port of Houston foreign trade statistics
- Document type:
- Supporting document
- Library Call Number:
- L1836.61 T676M 2/13/1970
- Description:
- [57 pages File size: 3,680 kb]
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- Committee:
- House Traffic Safety and Fire Protection in Houston Ship Channel, 61st R.S. (1969)
- Title:
- Transcript, March 10, 1970, including testimony of Carl D. Bond, Gulf International Trader
- Document type:
- Supporting document
- Library Call Number:
- L1836.61 T676M 3/10/1970
- Description:
- [28 pages File size: 2,224 kb]
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- Committee:
- House Traffic Safety and Fire Protection in Houston Ship Channel, 61st R.S. (1969)
- Title:
- Transcript, September 18, 1970
- Document type:
- Supporting document
- Library Call Number:
- L1836.61 T676M 9/18/1970
- Description:
- [23 pages File size: 1,738 kb]
* This represents an abstract of the report contents. Charge text is incomplete or unavailable.
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