Sec. 32. TRANSPORTATION. The committee shall have 13
members, with jurisdiction over all matters pertaining to:
(1) commercial motor vehicles, both bus and truck, and
their control, regulation, licensing, and operation;
(2) the Texas highway system, including all roads,
bridges, and ferries constituting a part of the system;
(3) the licensing of private passenger vehicles to
operate on the roads and highways of the state;
(4) the regulation and control of traffic on the
public highways of the State of Texas;
(5) railroads, street railway lines, interurban
railway lines, steamship companies, and express companies;
(6) airports, air traffic, airlines, and other
organizations engaged in transportation by means of aerial flight;
(7) water transportation in the State of Texas, and
the rivers, harbors, and related facilities used in water
transportation and the agencies of government exercising
supervision and control thereover;
(8) the regulation of metropolitan transit; and
(9) the following state agencies: the Texas Department
of Motor Vehicles, the Texas Department of Transportation, and the
Texas Transportation Commission.