Transportation Code § 455.001

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.