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| The Senate Committee on Transportation and Homeland Security will receive |
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| Texas Department of Transportation |
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| Texas Department of Transportation Restructuring Council |
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| Texas Department of Motor Vehicles |
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| Texas Department of Public Safety |
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| The Committee may hear testimony on speciality license plates. |
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| The Committee will receive testimony regarding the following interim |
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| Charge 2: Review and make recommendations relating to the Texas Department |
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| of Transportation's organizational structure and working relationship |
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| with local governments, Metropolitan Planning Organizations, Regional |
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| Tolling Authorities and Regional Mobility Authorities. |
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| Charge 4: Examine the public policy implications of Comprehensive |
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| Development Agreements (CDAs) and recommend whether they should be |
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| reauthorized to construct specific roadways. |
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| Charge 10: Evaluate outsourcing at the Texas Department of Transportation, |
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| including, but not limited to, engineering services and aerial mapping. |
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| Charge 11: Review the possible increase in number of unlicensed and |
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| uninsured drivers resulting from license suspensions or indigence |
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| resulting drivers' inability to pay Driver Responsibility surcharges in |
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| light of new Department of Public Safety rules. |
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| Invited and public testimony will be heard. |
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