{"id":318,"date":"2015-10-13T18:55:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-13T18:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/2015\/10\/13\/senate-interim-charges-2015-accountability-eliminate-toll-roads-no-eminent-domain-for-private-toll-roads\/"},"modified":"2015-10-13T18:55:00","modified_gmt":"2015-10-13T18:55:00","slug":"senate-interim-charges-2015-accountability-eliminate-toll-roads-no-eminent-domain-for-private-toll-roads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/senate-interim-charges-2015-accountability-eliminate-toll-roads-no-eminent-domain-for-private-toll-roads\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Interim Charges 2015. Accountability. Eliminate Toll Roads. No Eminent Domain for Private Toll Roads."},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u2022 TxDOT Funding: <\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • Monitor any new &\u00a0anticipated revenue appropriated to TXDOT<\/li>\n
  • Recommendations\u00a0that address project prioritization &\u00a0selection, effectiveness of staffing levels and project delivery methods.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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    \u2022 Vehicle Inspection System<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    • Evaluate the efficiency &\u00a0effectiveness of the state’s Vehicle Inspection Program.<\/li>\n
    • Recommend\u00a0how to compress\/otherwise reduce the number of required inspections.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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      \u2022 Regional Mobility Authorities<\/strong><\/p>\n

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      • Review State Highway Fund grants &\u00a0loans to Regional Mobility Authorities<\/li>\n
      • Recommend\u00a0if additional oversight procedures are needed to ensure the RMA\u2019s expenditures are a valid and accountable use<\/em> of State Highway Funds.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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        \u2022 Panama Canal<\/strong><\/p>\n

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        • Study the demand placed on the state\u2019s ports, roadways and railways resulting from the Panama Canal expansion<\/li>\n
        • Recommendations\u00a0that\u00a0ensure transportation infrastructure is adequate to accommodate increases in imports and exports.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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          \u2022 Driver Responsibility Program: <\/strong><\/p>\n

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          • Evaluate the necessity of the Driver Responsibility Program<\/li>\n
          • Recommendations for alternative methods of achieving the programs objectives.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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            \u2022 Oversize\/Overweight Vehicle Regulations, Penalties and Fines: <\/strong><\/p>\n

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            • Review current state and federal regulations, penalties and fines related to oversize and overweight vehicles<\/li>\n
            • Recommendations to minimize impacts on the state’s roadways and bridges.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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              \u2022 Monitoring Charge: <\/strong><\/p>\n

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              • Monitor what happeneded during the 84th.\u00a0<\/strong>Specifically:<\/li>\n
              • 1) <\/strong>Progress of the Texas Department of Transportation’s efforts to propose a plan to eliminate toll roads<\/em>;<\/li>\n
              • 2) <\/strong>Removing eminent domain authority from private toll corporations;<\/li>\n
              • 3) <\/strong>Ending the issuing of any new debt from the Texas Mobility Fund & prohibiting future use of the TMF on toll projects;<\/li>\n
              • 4) <\/strong>The Sunset’s review of TXDOT.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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                \u2022 TxDOT Funding: <\/strong><\/p>\n

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                • Monitor any new &\u00a0anticipated revenue appropriated to TXDOT<\/li>\n
                • Recommendations\u00a0that address project prioritization &\u00a0selection, effectiveness of staffing levels and project delivery methods.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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                  \u2022 Vehicle Inspection System<\/strong><\/p>\n

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                  • Evaluate the efficiency &\u00a0effectiveness of the state’s Vehicle Inspection Program.<\/li>\n
                  • Recommend\u00a0how to compress\/otherwise reduce the number of required inspections.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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                    \u2022 Regional Mobility Authorities<\/strong><\/p>\n

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                    • Review State Highway Fund grants…<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,33,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2017-legislation","category-sunset-advisory-commission","category-txdot","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}