TRANSPORTATION CODE
TITLE 6. ROADWAYS
SUBTITLE K. MASS TRANSPORTATION
CHAPTER 455. POWERS AND DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REGARDING MASS TRANSPORTATION
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES
Sec. 455.001. DEPARTMENT DUTIES REGARDING MASS TRANSPORTATION. The Texas Department of Transportation shall:
(1) encourage, foster, and assist in developing intracity and intercity public and mass transportation;
(2) encourage the establishment of rapid transit and other transportation media;
(3) assist any political subdivision of this state to obtain federal aid to establish or maintain a public or mass transportation system;
(4) develop and maintain a comprehensive master plan for public and mass transportation development; and
(5) conduct hearings and make investigations to determine the location, type of construction, and cost to the state or its political subdivisions of a public mass transportation system owned, operated, or wholly or partly directly financed by the state.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.