82R9305 T
By: Alvarado H.B. No. 2305
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain health and safety matters regarding appropriate
places that are accessible to certain individuals.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 411.101, Labor Code, is amended to read
as follows:
Sec. 411.101. LEGISLATIVE POLICY; PURPOSE. It is the
policy of this state to protect the health and welfare of its people
and to reduce and, to every reasonable extent, eliminate the causes
of loss of production, reduction of work hours, temporary and
permanent incapacity of workers, and increases in certain insurance
rates by:
(1) promoting the adoption, application, and
implementation of safety measures in industry and enterprise;
(2) protecting workers against unsafe and hazardous
working conditions, including other relevant health and safety
components of the working environment such as air quality; and
(3) encouraging correction of any unsafe and hazardous
working conditions in industry and enterprise, including other
relevant health and safety components of the working environment
such as air quality.
SECTION 2. Section 411.103, Labor Code, is amended to read
as follows:
Sec. 411.103. DUTY OF EMPLOYER TO PROVIDE SAFE WORKPLACE.
Each employer shall:
(1) provide and maintain employment and a place of
employment that is reasonably safe and healthful for employees;
(2) install, maintain, and use methods, processes,
devices, and safeguards, including methods of sanitation and
hygiene, that are reasonably necessary to protect the life, health,
and safety of the employer's employees, including other relevant
health and safety components of the working environment such as air
quality; and
(3) take all other actions reasonably necessary to
make the employment and place of employment safe and healthy,
including other relevant health and safety components of the
working environment such as air quality.
SECTION 3. The legislature finds that the quality of the air
or other health and safety components in appropriate places of
employment and appropriate places that are accessible to the public
shall be maintained and improved with effective and necessary
measures, prescribed by statute or rule, that protect the general
health, safety, and welfare.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.