85R21471 BEE-D     By: Israel H.B. No. 1764       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the operation of metropolitan rapid transit   authorities.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 451.133(a), Transportation Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (a)  An authority may not spend for capital improvements   money in excess of the total amounts [amount] allocated for major   capital expenditures in the current and preceding annual budget of   the authority [budget].          SECTION 2.  Sections 451.455(h) and (i), Transportation   Code, are amended to read as follows:          (h)  The number of accidents per 100,000 miles is computed by   multiplying the annual number of accidents by 100,000 and dividing   the product by the number of miles for all service, including   charter and nonrevenue service, [directly operated by the   authority] for the same period. In this subsection, "accident"   includes:                (1)  a collision that involves an authority's revenue   vehicle, other than a lawfully parked revenue vehicle, and that   results in property damage, injury, or death; and                (2)  an incident that results in the injury or death of   a person on board or boarding or alighting from an authority's   revenue vehicle.          (i)  The number of miles between mechanical road calls is   computed by dividing the annual number of miles for all service   [directly operated by an authority], including charter and   nonrevenue service, by the number of mechanical road calls for the   same period. In this subsection, "mechanical road call" means an   interruption in revenue service that is caused by revenue vehicle   equipment failure that requires assistance from a person other than   the vehicle operator before the vehicle can be operated normally.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.