HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 98-23 ORIGINAL
CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS
RESOLUTION NO. C~-~Q.~
WHEREAS, road and bridge maintenance and expansion is a core function of
government; and
WHEREAS, mobility is fundamental to Texas economic vitality and quality of
life; and
WHEREAS, maintaining mobility requires 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
WHEREAS, 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 21 st Century;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT 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 expand road and bridge infrastructure, (b) expanding 2060
truck permit fees and penalties to reduce the passenger vehicle subsidy of oversize and
overweight freight vehicles, and (c) increasing the first-time registration fee for out-of-
state vehicles.
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, House Select Committee on Revenue and Public
Education Funding, Senator Jane Nelson and Representative Burt Solomons.
PASSED AND APPROVED this '~]___~dayof,~~ 1998.
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ATTEST:
Patti A. Hicks, T-RMC, City Secretary