{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-460.055","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 460.055","heading":"DUTIES OF INTERIM EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.","body":"(a) The interim executive committee shall elect three of its members to serve as the chair, vice chair, and secretary.\n(b) The interim executive committee shall develop a service plan and determine a proposed tax not later than the 180th day after the date of the interim executive committee's first meeting.\n(c) The interim executive committee shall hold at least one regular meeting a month for the purpose of developing a service plan and determining a proposed tax rate.\n(d) The interim executive committee shall consider the following in developing the service plan:\n(1) the regional transportation plan for the county and major thoroughfare plan;\n(2) actual and projected traffic counts of private passenger vehicles and projected destinations of the vehicles;\n(3) feasible alternative modes of public transportation, including:\n(A) a fixed guideway system;\n(B) passenger commercial carriers;\n(C) dedicated thoroughfare lanes;\n(D) fixed skyway rail;\n(E) high occupancy toll lanes;\n(F) traffic management systems; and\n(G) bus transit and associated lanes;\n(4) the most efficient location of collection points and transfer points;\n(5) alternative routes linking access and discharge points;\n(6) alternative alignments using least populous areas if right-of-way acquisition will be required for a transit route;\n(7) estimates of capital expenditures for a functional public transportation system;\n(8) various forms of public transportation consistent with use of transit routes, including for each form a determination of:\n(A) cost per passenger per mile;\n(B) the capital expense of acquisition of the public transportation system;\n(C) costs associated with the acquisition, improvement, or modification of the transit way; and\n(D) maintenance and operating costs;\n(9) administrative overhead costs separately from other costs;\n(10) load factors based on surveys, interviews, and other reasonable quantification for the modes of transportation;\n(11) a fare structure for the ridership of the public transportation system by mode;\n(12) a comparison of revenue from all sources, including fares, fees, grants, and debt issuance, with estimated costs and expenses;\n(13) revenue minus expenses expressed numerically and a per rider factor for each trip or segment of a trip;\n(14) if the service plan contemplates joint use of other transit systems or transfer to them, estimated dates of access; and\n(15) segments of the service plan separately if:\n(A) some segments are more profitable than others; or\n(B) some segments show a smaller deficit than others.\nAdded by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1186, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 6. ROADWAYS","SUBTITLE K. MASS TRANSPORTATION","CHAPTER 460. COORDINATED COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES","SUBCHAPTER B. CREATION OF AUTHORITY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.460.htm#460.055","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"7a0fd2a75d38a4851a6948dcc8dfb5c697bc1c346cb18905741b9457ef740fbc","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-460.054","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-460.056"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}