{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-455.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 455.001","heading":"DEPARTMENT DUTIES REGARDING MASS TRANSPORTATION.","body":"The Texas Department of Transportation shall:\n(1) encourage, foster, and assist in developing intracity and intercity public and mass transportation;\n(2) encourage the establishment of rapid transit and other transportation media;\n(3) assist any political subdivision of this state to obtain federal aid to establish or maintain a public or mass transportation system;\n(4) develop and maintain a comprehensive master plan for public and mass transportation development; and\n(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.\nActs 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 6. ROADWAYS","SUBTITLE K. MASS TRANSPORTATION","CHAPTER 455. POWERS AND DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REGARDING MASS TRANSPORTATION","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.455.htm#455.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"eb9d553845dd8a77a242d2902405a05567041cededa63625422bc690aae93638","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-454.030","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-455.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}