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RESOLUTION
URGING THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE TO INCREASE APPROPRIATIONS
FOR ROAD AND BRIDGE MAINTENANCE AND EXPANSION
WHEREAS, road and bridge maintenance and expansion is a core function of government;
WHEREAS, mobility is fundamental to Texas economic vitality and quality of life; and
WHEREAS, maintaining mobility requires a continuing investment of state resources to
maintain and expand the surface transportation infrastructure to meet identified needs; and
WHEREAS, current level appropriations to the Texas Department of Transportation
(TxDOT) are adequate to address only one-third of the identified Texas transportation needs; and
WHEREAS, Texas should increase its annual investment in surface transportation
infrastructure to a level that will enable TxDOT to address at least one-half of the state's identified
transportation needs; and
WHEREAS, increased appropriations to TxDOT are necessary to continue state -funded road
and bridge maintenance and construction programs and simultaneously leverage the maximum
amount of federal funding for which Texas is eligible from the Transportation Equity Act for the
21st Century.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
Section 1: That the 76th Texas Legislature be and hereby is urged to increase annual
appropriations to TxDOT by (a) funding the Department of Public Safety from a source other than
State Highway Fund 006 so that Fund 006 resources will be available to maintain and expand road
and bridge infrastructure and (b) moving the point of accountability for state motor fuel taxes from
the distributor to the terminal rack.
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
Committee on Finance, Senate Committee on State Affairs, House Committee on Appropriations,
House Committee on Transportation, House Committee on Ways and Means, and House Select
Committee on Revenue and Public Education Funding.
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ATTEST:
Armando Chapa, City Secretary
Samuel L. Ne , Jr., Mayor
APPROVED THIS THE 11 DAY OF relf purr , 1999:
James R. Bray, Jr., City Attorney
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The above resolution was passed by the following vote:
Samuel L. Neal, Jr.
Javier Colmenero
Melody Cooper
Alex L. Garcia, Jr.
Dr. Arnold Gonzales
Betty Jean Longoria
John Longoria
Edward A. Martin
Dr. David McNichols
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