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Committee:	House Transportation Funding, Expenditures, and Finance, Select
Title:	Interim Report
Subjects:	Highway finance | Motor fuels taxes | State Highway Fund | Texas Emissions Reduction Plan | Transportation bonds |
Library Call Number:	L1836.83 T686fh
Session:	83rd R.S. (2013)
Online version:	View report [33 pages]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	Study the future reliability of current state transportation funding sources, alternatives that may increase available state funding for surface transportation, use of debt financing in state transportation, alternative transportation funding options, current and historic appropriations to the Texas Department of Transportation, use of the state highway fund for other agencies, and the original purpose of the economic stabilization fund.
Supporting documents
Committee:	House Transportation Funding, Expenditures, and Finance, Select
Title:	Committee meeting handouts and testimony, May 6, 2014 (Motor fuel taxes/gas taxes, highway funding overview)
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Session:	83rd R.S. (2013)
Online version:	View document [95 pages  File size: 6,934 kb]
Committee:	House Transportation Funding, Expenditures, and Finance, Select
Title:	Committee meeting handouts and testimony, August 5, 2014 (Potential revenue sources)
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Session:	83rd R.S. (2013)
Online version:	View document [177 pages  File size: 4,791 kb]
Committee:	House Transportation Funding, Expenditures, and Finance, Select
Title:	Committee meeting handouts and testimony, September 4, 2014 (Texas Department of Transportation, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)
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Session:	83rd R.S. (2013)
Online version:	View document [87 pages  File size: 3,095 kb]
Committee:	House Transportation Funding, Expenditures, and Finance, Select
Title:	Committee meeting handouts and testimony, October 8, 2014 (Economic Stabilization Fund, Regional Mobility Authorities)
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Session:	83rd R.S. (2013)
Online version:	View document [35 pages  File size: 1,277 kb]
Committee:	House Transportation Funding, Expenditures, and Finance, Select
Title:	Committee meeting handouts and testimony, October 28, 2014 (Funding options for the 84th Legislature)
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Session:	83rd R.S. (2013)
Online version:	View document [4 pages  File size: 73 kb]
Committee:	Senate State Affairs
Title:	Charge 1 Intermodal transportation
Library Catalog Title:	Senate Committee on State Affairs report to the 77th Legislature : charge 1, intermodal transportation.
Subjects:	GARVEE bonds | Highway finance | Motor fuels taxes | North American Free Trade Agreement | Railroads | Toll roads | Transportation | Transportation bonds | Transportation infrastructure | Transportation, Texas Department of |
Library Call Number:	L1836.76 st29a 1
Session:	76th R.S. (1999)
Online version:	View report [99 pages  File size: 1,593 kb]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	Evaluate the state's intermodal transportation planning efforts with an emphasis on NAFTA-related trade corridors and their impact on both metropolitan and rural areas of the state. The Committee shall address all modes of transportation including highways, farm-to-market roads, turnpikes, mass transit, aviation, railroads and water traffic. The Committee shall determine whether the state is maximizing federal funding levels, and evaluate alternative and innovative methods of transportation funding and develop recommendations for their use. The Committee shall coordinate study of this issue with the Special Committee on Border Affairs. The final preparation of the report will be the responsibility of the State Affairs Committee.
Committee:	House Transportation
Title:	Interim report
Library Catalog Title:	House Committee on Transportation, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 2000 : a report to the House of Representatives, 77th Texas Legislature.
Subjects:	Border transit corridors | Bridges | County roads | Driver licenses | Farm-to-market roads | Federal funds | GARVEE bonds | Graduated driver licenses | Highway finance | Highways - safety | Motor fuels taxes | North American Free Trade Agreement | Semi-trailer trucks | Speed limits | Teenage drivers | Toll roads | Traffic fatalities | Transportation bonds | Transportation, Texas Department of |
Library Call Number:	L1836.76 t687
Session:	76th R.S. (1999)
Online version:	View report [58 pages  File size: 2,220 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Study ways the state and counties can ensure a safe, adequately funded county road and bridge system consistent with encouraging commerce and economic growth.
2.	Study the advantages and disadvantages of a graduated driver's license program, including the experience of states that have recently enacted such programs.
3.	Examine highway funding issues in light of the combined impact of rapid transportation growth and increased NAFTA traffic. Monitor state and federal developments related to funding and planning of NAFTA corridors.
4.	Conduct active oversight of the agencies under the committee's jurisdiction, including effects of legislation increasing speed limits.
Committee:	House Transportation
Title:	Interim report
Library Catalog Title:	Transportation, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 1996 : a report to the House of Representatives, 75th Texas Legislature.
Subjects:	Air transportation | Bridges | County roads | Eminent domain | Farm-to-market roads | Highway construction | Highway finance | Property rights | Rights of way | Semi-trailer trucks | Toll roads | Transportation bonds | Transportation, Texas Department of | Truck traffic |
Library Call Number:	L1836.74 t687
Session:	74th R.S. (1995)
Online version:	View report [31 pages  File size: 1,615 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Study alternative financing of the state's highway system.
2.	Study ways to establish a dedicated funding source for general aviation development needs.
3.	Study the effect of "Schmidt Factors" and "Westgate Laws" on right-of-way acquisitions and public works projects.
4.	Study the effect of heavy trucks on highways and county roads, including a look a current laws and the ratio between consumptive use of the system and fees paid by users.

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