Bill Text: TX HR680 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Recognizing Senate Bill 481, 81st Texas Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, as the Justin Little Rail Crew Safe Transportation Act.

Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2011-05-19 - Reported enrolled [HR680 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HR680-Enrolled.html

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H.R. No. 680

R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Every day on Texas highways, contract carriers
transport railroad personnel to and from trains and in between
terminals, traveling some 20 million miles each year; and
WHEREAS, Justin Little was working as a railroad conductor on
August 14, 2005, when the contract carrier transporting him and his
fellow employees ran off the road and hit a tree, fatally injuring
one person and critically injuring Mr. Little and his fellow
railroad crew member; and
WHEREAS, Toxicological testing of the vehicle driver from
that day showed him to have methamphetamine in his bloodstream; and
WHEREAS, Due to the injuries sustained in the accident, Mr.
Little continues to be dependent on others for his care; and
WHEREAS, This tragic event was the impetus for the 81st Texas
Legislature to change Texas statutes regarding contract carrier
regulations, vastly improving the safety of railroad crews being
transported by contract carrier; Senate Bill 481, which was passed
on May 12, 2009, and signed into law by the governor on May 23 of
that same year, was the legislative measure by which these
important safety improvements were made; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas
Legislature hereby recognize Senate Bill 481, 81st Texas
Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, as the Justin Little Rail Crew
Safe Transportation Act.
Landtroop
Veasey
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 680 was adopted by the House on May
13, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House