Bill Text: TX HB4797 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Relating to training on the treatment of toll project roadways during inclement weather.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB4797 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4797-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Relating to training on the treatment of toll project roadways during inclement weather.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB4797 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4797-Engrossed.html
By: Romero, Jr., Collier, Schatzline, Cook, | H.B. No. 4797 | |
Goldman, et al. |
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relating to training on the treatment of toll project roadways | ||
during inclement weather. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 372, Transportation Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 372.059 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 372.059. TREATMENT OF TOLL ROADWAY DURING INCLEMENT | ||
WEATHER. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (e), a toll project | ||
entity that treats a roadway maintained by the entity during icy or | ||
snowy weather shall require each employee or contractor who | ||
develops and supervises a plan for roadway treatment to complete a | ||
training course on treating roadways during icy or snowy weather in | ||
the same manner as a department employee who treats roadways during | ||
icy or snowy weather. | ||
(b) The department, in coordination with public toll | ||
project entities: | ||
(1) shall make training courses that the department | ||
provides to department employees who develop and supervise plans | ||
for roadway treatment available to a person required to receive | ||
training under Subsection (a); and | ||
(2) may adopt rules as necessary to implement this | ||
section. | ||
(c) The department, in coordination with toll project | ||
entities, shall identify the types of employees and contractors who | ||
are subject to the training requirements under Subsection (a). | ||
(d) A training course described by Subsection (b) must | ||
include instruction regarding: | ||
(1) prioritizing treatment of elevated structures and | ||
other roadway elements that pose the highest risk to public health | ||
and safety during icy or snowy weather; | ||
(2) timing of treatment of roadways during icy or | ||
snowy weather; and | ||
(3) treatment of general purpose lanes adjacent to a | ||
toll project. | ||
(e) The department may authorize a toll project entity to | ||
require that an employee or contractor required to receive training | ||
under Subsection (a) complete a training course provided by another | ||
entity that includes substantially the same information as a course | ||
provided by the department. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |