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6 Document(s) [ Subject: Transportation%20infrastructure ]

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:	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:	Senate Economic Development, Interim
Title:	Interim report - Texas business climate
Library Catalog Title:	Report on the Texas business climate.
Subjects:	Economic development | Franchise taxes | Job training programs | Literacy | Rainy Day Fund | Skills Development/Smart Jobs Fund | Tax credits | Tax incentives | Telecommunications infrastructure | Tort reform | Transportation infrastructure | Workforce |
Library Call Number:	L1836.75 ec74b
Session:	75th R.S. (1997)
Online version:	View report [91 pages  File size: 3,894 kb]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	Study major legislation concerning economic development enacted during the 1990's to evaluate and identify the legislation's impact on Texas businesses and the economy, such as creation and retention of jobs, financial stability of businesses, and financial investment in Texas. Among other legislation, the Committee should evaluate laws concerning tort reform, tax abatements and incentives, insurance reform, telecommunication deregulation, and trucking deregulation. The Committee may make recommendations to establish a mechanism for on-going analysis of current and future business-related laws.
Committee:	Senate North American Free Trade Agreement, Interim
Title:	Interim report
Library Catalog Title:	A report to the 76th Legislature.
Subjects:	Affordable housing | Border counties | Border economy | Border health | Border issues | Border transit corridors | Border transportation | Colonias | Employment | Environment | Environmental protection | Interstate Highway 35 | Job training programs | Literacy | Local Workforce Development Boards | North American Free Trade Agreement | Railroads | Traffic | Transportation | Transportation infrastructure | Unemployment | Water quality management | Water supplies | Workforce | Workforce Commission, Texas |
Library Call Number:	L1836.75 n811
Session:	75th R.S. (1997)
Online version:	View report [163 pages  File size: 12,556 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Evaluate the impact of North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on the Texas economy and determine how different segments of the economy are affected.
2.	Determine how NAFTA has affected employment and identify any employment losses or gains. Assess how the state's workforce programs have responded to any employment changes and make any necessary recommendations to improve that response.
3.	Assess the impact NAFTA is having on the state's infrastructure, including but not limited to transportation, education, housing, the environment and health and human services.
4.	Develop a statewide strategic response plan to the effects of NAFTA in Texas which identifies available and needed resources at the local, state and federal level and provides for a coordinated response.
Committee:	Senate Rural Transportation Infrastructure, Interim
Title:	Interim report
Library Catalog Title:	Senate Interim Committee on Rural Transportation Infrastructure interim report 1994 : a report to the Texas Senate, 74th Texas Legislature.
Subjects:	Bridges | Farm-to-market roads | Highway finance | Rural areas | Rural issues | Transportation infrastructure |
Library Call Number:	L1836.73 r88
Session:	73rd R.S. (1993)
Online version:	View report [94 pages  File size: 3,943 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	To study and make recommendations regarding rural transportation infrastructure system in the state, with emphasis on safety and maintenance of existing farm-to-market roads and substandard bridges located in rural areas.
2.	Study the current method of allocating funding for farm-to-market roads and substandard bridges located in rural areas to determine the best method of allocating state resources for these transportation projects.
3.	Study and make recommendations regarding the distribution and source of funding for rural transportation infrastructure projects.
4.	Review and evaluate methods for determining the needs of counties in constructing new farm-to-market roads and bridges.
5.	Study and make recommendations regarding any additions or other changes that the Committee determines should be made to the Texas Constitution and statutory law that would improve rural transportation infrastructure and provide an equitable system for funding rural transportation infrastructure, including farm to market roads and substandard bridges located in rural areas.
Committee:	House Agriculture and Livestock
Title:	Interim report
Library Catalog Title:	Interim report to the 71st Texas Legislature / Committee on Agriculture and Livestock, Texas House of Representatives.
Subjects:	Agriculture | Enterprise zone programs | Grain elevators and warehouses | Kenaf | Paper mills | Rural economic development | Transportation infrastructure | Veterinarians | Veterinary Medical Examiners, Texas State Board of | Wine and wine industry |
Library Call Number:	L1836.70 ag83
Session:	70th R.S. (1987)
Online version:	View report [74 pages  File size: 2,902 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	To study the feasibility of creating rural or agricultural enterprise zones in Texas.
2.	To study the certification of animal reproduction technicians.
3.	Contingent upon the passage of Constitutional Amendment No. 1, to study the implementation of a self-insurance pool for grain elevators.
4.	To study kenaf, an alternative crop for Texas that is used to make paper products.
5.	To study the Texas wine industry and submit statutory modifications to the 71st Legislature which would promote the growth and marketing of wine produced in Texas.
6.	To study the effect of transportation costs on Texas agricultural products.

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