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AN ACT
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relating to performance audits of certain regional transportation |
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authorities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (c), Section 452.454, Transportation |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(c) Each audit must include an examination of: |
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(1) one or more of the following: |
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(A) the administration and management of the |
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authority; |
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(B) transit operations; or |
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(C) transit authority system maintenance; |
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(2) the authority's compliance with applicable state |
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law, including this chapter; and |
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(3) the following performance indicators: |
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(A) subsidy per passenger, operating cost per |
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[passenger, per] revenue mile, and operating cost per revenue hour; |
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(B) sales and use tax receipts per passenger; |
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(C) fare recovery rate; |
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(D) number of passengers per hour [average
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vehicle occupancy]; |
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(E) on-time performance; |
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(F) number of accidents per 100,000 miles; and |
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(G) number of miles between mechanical service |
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[road] calls. |
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SECTION 2. Section 452.455, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by adding Subsection (c-1) and amending Subsections (g) through (j) |
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to read as follows: |
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(c-1) The subsidy per passenger is computed by subtracting |
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annual operating revenues from annual operating costs and dividing |
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that amount by the total number of passengers for the same period. |
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(g) The number of passengers per hour [average vehicle
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occupancy] is computed by dividing the total number of annual |
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passengers [passenger miles] by the total number of [miles traveled
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by authority] revenue vehicle hours [vehicles while in revenue
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service for the same period. The annual passenger miles are
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computed by multiplying the annual passenger trips and the average
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distance ridden by passengers] for the same period. |
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(h) On-time performance is computed by determining an |
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annual percentage of revenue vehicle trips of revenue vehicles that |
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depart from selected locations at a time not earlier than the |
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published departure time and not later than five minutes after that |
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published time. On-time performance is computed only for fixed |
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route revenue service. |
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(i) The number of accidents per 100,000 miles is computed by |
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multiplying the annual number of accidents by 100,000 and dividing |
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the product by the number of miles for all service, including |
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charter and nonrevenue service[, directly operated by the
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authority] for the same period. In this subsection, "accident" |
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includes: |
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(1) a collision that involves an authority's revenue |
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vehicle, other than a lawfully parked revenue vehicle, and results |
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in property damage, injury, or death; and |
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(2) an operating incident resulting in the injury or |
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death of a person on board or boarding or alighting from an |
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authority's revenue vehicle. |
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(j) The number of miles between mechanical service [road] |
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calls is computed by dividing the annual number of miles for all |
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service [directly operated by an authority], including charter |
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service and nonrevenue service, by the number of mechanical service |
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[road] calls for the same period. In this subsection, "mechanical |
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service [road] call" means an interruption in revenue service that |
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is caused by revenue vehicle equipment failure that requires |
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assistance from a person other than the vehicle operator before the |
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vehicle can be operated normally. |
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SECTION 3. Subdivisions (2) and (4), Subsection (k), |
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Section 452.455, Transportation Code, are amended to read as |
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follows: |
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(2) "Passenger" or "passenger ["Passenger] trips" |
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means the number of all passenger boardings, including transfers, |
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but excluding charter passengers and carpool and vanpool passengers |
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whose trips are only coordinated by the authority. |
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(4) "Revenue vehicle" means a vehicle, or a |
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combination of rail vehicles comprising a train, that is: |
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(A) used to carry paying passengers; and |
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(B) operated by an authority or as a purchased |
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service. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |
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____________________________________________________________ |
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1077 passed the Senate on |
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April 12, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1077 passed the House on |
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May 4, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, two present |
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not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |