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.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
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. | ||
