Committee on Transportation

Transportation

(a) 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.
(b) The committee has one permanent standing subcommittee, a subcommittee on Transportation Funding, to consider all matters relating to:
(1) current state transportation funding sources, including the State Highway Fund;
(2) debt financing in state transportation funding, including the Texas Mobility Fund; and
(3) alternative transportation funding options.