Bill Text: TX HB1854 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to documentation verifying that the interior of certain commercial motor vehicles was cleaned before loading cargo into the vehicles.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-30 - Withdrawn from schedule [HB1854 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB1854-Introduced.html
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| By: Martinez | H.B. No. 1854 | |
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| relating to documentation verifying that the interior of certain | ||
| commercial motor vehicles was cleaned before loading cargo into the | ||
| vehicles. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 644, Transportation Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 644.055 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 644.055. DOCUMENTATION VERIFYING VEHICLE'S INTERIOR | ||
| WAS CLEANED. To the extent allowed by federal law, the director | ||
| shall adopt a rule requiring an operator of a commercial motor | ||
| vehicle that is transporting cargo across the border between this | ||
| state and the United Mexican States to provide, on the request of a | ||
| person inspecting the vehicle or cargo, documentation verifying to | ||
| the satisfaction of the person making the request that the interior | ||
| of the vehicle, including the interior of a trailer or semitrailer, | ||
| was cleaned and washed before the vehicle's cargo was loaded. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
