{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-461.004","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 461.004","heading":"DUTIES OF TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.","body":"(a) The department shall identify:\n(1) overlaps and gaps in the provision of public transportation services, including services that could be more effectively provided by existing, privately funded transportation resources;\n(2) underused equipment owned by public transportation providers; and\n(3) inefficiencies in the provision of public transportation services by any public transportation provider.\n(b) The department may contract with any public or private transportation provider for the department to arrange for the provision of public transportation services.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1325, Sec. 13.01, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 6. ROADWAYS","SUBTITLE K. MASS TRANSPORTATION","CHAPTER 461. STATEWIDE COORDINATION OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.461.htm#461.004","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"805b1c434297407e2be315a26094ead377098e3c5a54fcd9d47e8aaded800677","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-461.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-461.005"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}