Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1363 Compare Versions

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1		-	By: Nichols, et al. S.B. No. 1363
2		-	(Lang, Talarico, Lambert, Buckley, et al.)
	1	+	By: Nichols, West S.B. No. 1363
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5	4		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	5		AN ACT
7	6		relating to highway maintenance or construction vehicles and
8	7		certain service vehicles.
9	8		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	9		SECTION 1. Section 545.157(a), Transportation Code, is
11	10		amended to read as follows:
12	11		(a) This section applies only to the following vehicles:
13	12		(1) a stationary authorized emergency vehicle using
14	13		visual signals that meet the requirements of Sections 547.305 and
15	14		547.702;
16	15		(2) a stationary tow truck using equipment authorized
17	16		by Section 547.305(d); [and]
18	17		(3) a Texas Department of Transportation vehicle or a
19	18		highway maintenance or construction vehicle operated pursuant to a
20	19		contract awarded under Subchapter A, Chapter 223, not separated
21	20		from the roadway by a traffic control channelizing device and using
22	21		visual signals that comply with the standards and specifications
23	22		adopted under Section 547.105;
24	23		(4) a service vehicle used by or for a utility, as
25	24		defined by Section 203.091, and using visual signals that comply
26	25		with the standards and specifications adopted under Section
27	26		547.105; and
28	27		(5) a stationary vehicle used exclusively to transport
29	28		municipal solid waste, as defined by Section 361.003, Health and
30	29		Safety Code, or recyclable material, as defined by Section 361.421,
31	30		Health and Safety Code, while being operated in connection with the
32	31		removal or transportation of municipal solid waste or recyclable
33	32		material from a location adjacent to the highway.
34	33		SECTION 2. Section 547.001(2-b), Transportation Code, is
35	34		amended to read as follows:
36	35		(2-b) "Highway maintenance or construction vehicle"
37	36		means a highway or traffic maintenance or construction vehicle
38	37		designated by the Texas Department of Transportation. The term
39	38		includes equipment for:
40	39		(A) road maintenance or construction, including:
41	40		(i) equipment for snow removal, line
42	41		striping, skid resistance testing, sweeping, [and] spraying,
43	42		guardrail repair, sign maintenance, and temporary traffic-control
44	43		device placement or removal;
45	44		(ii) aerial platform lift machines; and
46	45		(iii) road profiler machines; and
47	46		(B) road construction or off-road use, including
48	47		motor graders, road rollers, excavators, pneumatic tire equipment,
49	48		movers, and tractors.
50	49		SECTION 3. The heading to Section 547.105, Transportation
51	50		Code, is amended to read as follows:
52	51		Sec. 547.105. [MAINTENANCE AND SERVICE VEHICLE] LIGHTING
53	52		STANDARDS FOR CERTAIN VEHICLES.
54	53		SECTION 4. Sections 547.105(a) and (b), Transportation
55	54		Code, are amended to read as follows:
56	55		(a) The Texas Department of Transportation shall adopt
57	56		standards and specifications that:
58	57		(1) apply to lamps on highway maintenance or
59	58		construction vehicles and service vehicles; and
60	59		(2) correlate with and conform as closely as possible
61	60		to standards and specifications approved by the American
62	61		Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.
63	62		(b) The Texas Department of Transportation may adopt
64	63		standards and specifications for lighting that permit the use of
65	64		flashing lights for identification purposes on highway maintenance
66	65		or construction vehicles and service vehicles.
67	66		SECTION 5. Section 547.305(e), Transportation Code, is
68	67		amended to read as follows:
69	68		(e) A person may not operate a highway maintenance or
70	69		construction vehicle or service vehicle that is not equipped with
71	70		lamps or that does not display lighted lamps as required by the
72	71		standards and specifications adopted by the Texas Department of
73	72		Transportation.
74	73		SECTION 6. As soon as practicable after the effective date
75	74		of this Act, the Texas Department of Transportation shall adopt
76	75		standards and specifications relating to lamps and lighting on
77	76		highway construction vehicles, as required by Section 547.105,
78	77		Transportation Code, as amended by this Act.
79	78		SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.