Bill Text: TX HB1564 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the maximum length of a train.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-12-10 - Filed [HB1564 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB1564-Introduced.html
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| By: Hernandez | H.B. No. 1564 | |
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| relating to the maximum length of a train. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 112, Transportation Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 112.004 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 112.004. MAXIMUM LENGTH OF TRAIN. A railroad company | ||
| may not operate or permit to be operated on any part of a rail line | ||
| in this state a train that is 8,500 feet in length or longer. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
