Transportation Committee

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Committee info:

  • Clerk:
  • Amy Rister
  • Room:
  • EXT E2.122
  • Phone:
  • (512) 463-0818

Committee Members

Chair

Canales

Rep. Canales,
Terry

Vice Chair

Raney

Rep. Raney,
John

 

Ashby

Rep. Ashby,
Trent

 

Davis

Rep. Davis,
Yvonne

 

Gámez

Rep. Gámez,
Erin Elizabeth

 

Harris

Rep. Harris,
Caroline

 

Landgraf

Rep. Landgraf,
Brooks

 

Lozano

Rep. Lozano,
J. M.

 

Lujan

Rep. Lujan,
John

 

Ordaz

Rep. Ordaz,
Claudia

 

Patterson

Rep. Patterson,
Jared

 

Perez

Rep. Perez,
Mary Ann

 

Romero

Rep. Romero,
Ramon

Jurisdiction:

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.