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8 Document(s) [ Subject: Houston%20Ship%20Channel ]
| Committee: | Senate Transportation | |
| Title: | Interim 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 | |
| Session: | 85th R.S. (2017) | |
| Online version: | View report [70 pages] | |
| Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
| 1. | Study the impact of Hurricane Harvey on the state’s transportation infrastructure and make recommendations on how best to rebuild assets efficiently and effectively. | |
| 2. | 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. | |
| 3. | Project Acceleration: Study and make recommendations regarding segregating state and federal transportation funding to accelerate project delivery. | |
| 4. | Toll Road Penalties: Review penalty practices employed by toll authorities throughout the state and make recommendations to improve customer service and eliminate unjustified penalties. | |
| 5. | 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. | |
| 6. | 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. | |
| 7. | 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. | |
| Committee: | Senate Transportation and Homeland Security | |
| Title: | Interim Report | |
| Subjects: | Alternative fuel vehicles | Alternative fueling stations | Driver licenses | Homeland security | Houston Ship Channel | Motor vehicle registration | Natural gas | Panama Canal | Ports | Public Safety, Texas Department of | Toll roads | Traffic | Transportation, Texas Department of | Trucking | | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.82 T688 | |
| Session: | 82nd R.S. (2011) | |
| Online version: | View report [42 pages] | |
| Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
| 1. | 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. | |
| 2. | 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. | |
| 3. | Study the potential for toll collection and enforcement tools to pursue toll scofflaws for Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and local toll project entities. | |
| 4. | 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. | |
| 5. | 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:
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| Committee: | House Ship Channel Safety, Special Interim | |
| Title: | Interim Report | |
| Library Catalog Title: | Final report / by the House Special Committee on Ship Channel Safety. | |
| Subjects: | Fire prevention | Houston Ship Channel | | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.64 sh64 | |
| Session: | 64th R.S. (1975) | |
| Online version: | View report [14 pages File size: 351 kb] | |
| Charge: | This report should address the charge below. | |
| 1. | Study the problems involved with developing a unified system of fire protection for the House Ship Channel and the immediate channel area. * | |
| Committee: | House Traffic Safety and Fire Protection in Houston Ship Channel | |
| Title: | Interim Report | |
| Library Catalog Title: | Report to the House of Representatives of the 62nd Legislature / House Interim Committee on Traffic Safety and Fire Protection in the Houston Ship Channel and Surrounding Areas. | |
| Subjects: | Houston Ship Channel | | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.61 t676 | |
| Session: | 61st R.S. (1969) | |
| Online version: | View report [21 pages File size: 647 kb] | |
| Charge: | This report should address the charge below. | |
| 1. | Study the problems of traffic safety and fire protection administration in the Houston Ship Channel and the surrounding areas. | |
| Supporting documents | ||
| Committee: | House Traffic Safety and Fire Protection in Houston Ship Channel | |
| Title: | Transcript, date unknown, including testimony of Paul Drozak, Seafarers International Union | |
| Library Catalog Title: | Minutes | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.61 T676M | |
| Session: | 61st R.S. (1969) | |
| Online version: | View document [77 pages File size: 1,349 kb] | |
| Committee: | House Traffic Safety and Fire Protection in Houston Ship Channel | |
| Title: | Transcript, February 13, 1970, including testimony of Marvin Hurley, Houston Chamber of Commerce, and Port of Houston foreign trade statistics | |
| Library Catalog Title: | Minutes | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.61 T676M 2/13/1970 | |
| Session: | 61st R.S. (1969) | |
| Online version: | View document [57 pages File size: 3,680 kb] | |
| Committee: | House Traffic Safety and Fire Protection in Houston Ship Channel | |
| Title: | Transcript, March 10, 1970, including testimony of Carl D. Bond, Gulf International Trader | |
| Library Catalog Title: | Minutes | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.61 T676M 3/10/1970 | |
| Session: | 61st R.S. (1969) | |
| Online version: | View document [28 pages File size: 2,224 kb] | |
| Committee: | House Traffic Safety and Fire Protection in Houston Ship Channel | |
| Title: | Transcript, September 18, 1970 | |
| Library Catalog Title: | Minutes | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.61 T676M 9/18/1970 | |
| Session: | 61st R.S. (1969) | |
| Online version: | View document [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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