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.