Bill Text: TX SB2101 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the inspection, maintenance, and repair of guardrails by the Texas Department of Transportation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-28 - Referred to Transportation [SB2101 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB2101-Introduced.html
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By: Garcia | S.B. No. 2101 |
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relating to the inspection, maintenance, and repair of guardrails | ||
by the Texas Department of Transportation. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 201, Transportation Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 201.623 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 201.623. GUARDRAIL INSPECTION, MAINTENANCE, AND | ||
REPAIR. (a) This section applies only to a guardrail constructed on | ||
a highway or right-of-way of a highway that is in the state highway | ||
system. | ||
(b) The department shall conduct a study regarding the | ||
inspection, maintenance, and repair of guardrails. The study must | ||
include: | ||
(1) the number of guardrails; | ||
(2) the date of the last inspection of each guardrail; | ||
(3) the condition of each guardrail; | ||
(4) standards and best practices for the inspection, | ||
maintenance, and repair of guardrails; | ||
(5) the potential of each guardrail to be damaged by a | ||
motor vehicle; | ||
(6) whether each guardrail is designed to absorb the | ||
energy from a potential impact from a motor vehicle; and | ||
(7) an estimate of the amount of money and the number | ||
of full-time equivalent employees necessary to inspect and maintain | ||
the guardrails. | ||
(c) The department shall develop a plan to implement the | ||
study conducted under Subsection (b). The plan must: | ||
(1) dedicate a portion of money from funds related to | ||
highway maintenance for the inspection, maintenance, and repair of | ||
guardrails; | ||
(2) establish minimum standards based on the results | ||
of the study under which the department conducts inspection, | ||
maintenance, and repair of guardrails; and | ||
(3) establish a schedule for the inspection, | ||
maintenance, and repair of guardrails. | ||
(d) The department shall: | ||
(1) update the plan developed under Subsection (c) as | ||
new information is made available regarding the inspection, | ||
maintenance, and repair of guardrails; | ||
(2) maintain records of the inspection, maintenance, | ||
and repair of guardrails; and | ||
(3) publish on the department's Internet website the | ||
records maintained by the department under Subdivision (2). | ||
SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2019, the Texas | ||
Department of Transportation shall submit to the governor, the | ||
lieutenant governor, and the legislature a report on the results of | ||
the study conducted under Section 201.623(b), Transportation Code, | ||
as added by this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. Not later than January 1, 2021, the Texas | ||
Department of Transportation shall submit to the governor, the | ||
lieutenant governor, and the legislature the plan required by | ||
Section 201.623(c), Transportation Code, as added by this Act. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |