11-16-98-Resolution-supporting Appropriations for Road and Bridge Maintenance and Expansion-11/16/1998RESOLUTION 11-16-98
RESOLUTION URGING THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE
TO INCREASE APPROPRIATIONS FOR
WI�REAS, road and bridge maintenance and expansion is a core fianction of government; and,
WHEREAS, mobility is fundamental to Texas economic vitality and quality of life; and,
WHEREAS, maintaining mobility requires a continuing investment of State resources to maintain and
expand the surface transportation infrastructure to meet identified needs; and
WHEREAS, an estimated 78 percent of the roads and bridges in Texas need repair or modernization, and
Texas ranks 45th nationally per capita in highway spending and first in the nation in substandard bridges, and,
WHEREAS, current -level appropriations to the Texas Department of Transportation (TXDOT) are
adequate to only address one-third of the identified Texas transportation needs; and,
WIiEREAS, increased appropriations to TXDOT are necessary to continue State -funded road and bridge
maintenance and construction programs that simultaneously leverage the maximum amount of federal funding
For which Texas is eligible from the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED:
Section 1. That the 76th Texas Legislature is urged to increase annual
appropriations to the Texas Department of Transportation by (a)
funding the Department of Public Safety from a source other than
Fund 006 so that Fund 006 resources will be available to maintain and
and road and bridge infrastructure, (b) moving the point of
collection of State motor fuel taxes from the retail to the wholesale
level in the distribution process, (c) expanding 2060 truck permit fees
and penalties to reduce the passenger vehicle subsidy of oversize and
overweight freight vehicles, and (d) increasing revenue from existing
revenue programs including State motor fuel tax and vehicle
registration fees.
Section 2. That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to the offices of the
Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Speaker of the House of
Representatives, the Chairman of the Texas Transportation
Commission, and the chairs of the following legislative committees
Senate Appropriations, House Committee on Transportation, House
Committee on Ways and Means, and House Select Committee on
Revenue and Public Education Funding.
Signature
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