Section 455.001 - Department Duties Regarding Mass Transportation The Texas Department of Transportation shall:
(1) encourage, foster, and assist in developing intracity and intercity public and mass transportation;(2) encourage the establishment of rapid transit and other transportation media;(3) assist any political subdivision of this state to obtain federal aid to establish or maintain a public or mass transportation system;(4) develop and maintain a comprehensive master plan for public and mass transportation development; and(5) conduct hearings and make investigations to determine the location, type of construction, and cost to the state or its political subdivisions of a public mass transportation system owned, operated, or wholly or partly directly financed by the state.Tex. Transp. Code § 455.001
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.