84R7947 JRR-D
By: Martinez H.B. No. 1854
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to documentation verifying that the interior of certain
commercial motor vehicles was cleaned before loading cargo into the
vehicles.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 644, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 644.055 to read as follows:
Sec. 644.055. DOCUMENTATION VERIFYING VEHICLE'S INTERIOR
WAS CLEANED. To the extent allowed by federal law, the director
shall adopt a rule requiring an operator of a commercial motor
vehicle that is transporting cargo across the border between this
state and the United Mexican States to provide, on the request of a
person inspecting the vehicle or cargo, documentation verifying to
the satisfaction of the person making the request that the interior
of the vehicle, including the interior of a trailer or semitrailer,
was cleaned and washed before the vehicle's cargo was loaded.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2015.