Texas Senate Passes TxDOT Sunset Bill; Local Option Transportation Taxes Still Possible
Last night the Texas Senate passed their version of the TxDOT Sunset bill (HB 300), which reversed the House's attempt to grow the Transportation Commission to a 15-member elected board, allows certain large counties to give voters a chance to decide on various gas tax increases, and continues the use of redlight cameras.
Items the two chambers agree on include creating a legislative oversight committee, shortening TxDOT's next Sunset period to four years, increasing the power and role of local transportation councils and organizations in determining road construction projects, and repealing the concept of the Trans-Texas Corridor.
The Fort Worth Star Telegram's Dave Montgomery lays out the local option taxes and similarities and differences in the chambers' different Sunset bills.
The Sunset bill still has a long way to go in a very short amount of time. Transportation writer Ben Wear sums up the process in this morning's Statesman Postcards blog.
Items the two chambers agree on include creating a legislative oversight committee, shortening TxDOT's next Sunset period to four years, increasing the power and role of local transportation councils and organizations in determining road construction projects, and repealing the concept of the Trans-Texas Corridor.
The Fort Worth Star Telegram's Dave Montgomery lays out the local option taxes and similarities and differences in the chambers' different Sunset bills.
The Sunset bill still has a long way to go in a very short amount of time. Transportation writer Ben Wear sums up the process in this morning's Statesman Postcards blog.
Posted by Lauren at May 26, 2009 4:14 PM 
Categories: Texas Local Option Transportation Act, Sunset Advisory Commission, SB 855, Texas Transportation Commission
Categories: Texas Local Option Transportation Act, Sunset Advisory Commission, SB 855, Texas Transportation Commission
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