83R4107 JXC-F
By: Kuempel H.B. No. 2293
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of certain types of steel slag in road
construction by the Texas Department of Transportation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 223, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 223.0451 to read as follows:
Sec. 223.0451. USE OF STEEL SLAG FOR ROAD CONSTRUCTION.
Department design standards, guidelines, and specifications shall
require that contract specifications for a road construction
project allow for the use of electric arc furnace steel slag for
paving, bridge construction, and other appropriate road
construction unless that use is technically inappropriate
according to sound engineering principles or increases the cost of
that construction.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.