| 1 | 1 | | By: Morales Shaw H.B. No. 1969 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to on-site identification requirements for certain |
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| 7 | 7 | | contractors and subcontractors of the Texas Department of |
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| 8 | 8 | | Transportation. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 201, Transportation Code, |
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| 11 | 11 | | is amended by adding Section 201.625 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 201.625. ON-SITE IDENTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR |
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| 13 | 13 | | CERTAIN DEPARTMENT CONTRACTORS AND SUBCONTRACTORS. (a) The |
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| 14 | 14 | | commission shall adopt rules establishing identification |
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| 15 | 15 | | requirements for department contractors and subcontractors while |
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| 16 | 16 | | working at the site of a construction, maintenance, or improvement |
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| 17 | 17 | | project of the department. |
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| 18 | 18 | | (b) The rules adopted under Subsection (a) must require: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (1) an employee of the contractor or subcontractor |
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| 20 | 20 | | while working at the site of the project to wear an identification |
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| 21 | 21 | | badge, in the form and manner prescribed by the commission, that |
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| 22 | 22 | | clearly identifies the employee as a department contractor or |
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| 23 | 23 | | subcontractor; and |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2) each vehicle of the contractor or subcontractor |
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| 25 | 25 | | while the vehicle is at the site of the project to display on each |
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| 26 | 26 | | side of the vehicle, in the form and manner prescribed by the |
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| 27 | 27 | | commission, insignia or other markings identifying the vehicle as a |
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| 28 | 28 | | vehicle of a department contractor or subcontractor. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2023, the Texas |
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| 30 | 30 | | Transportation Commission shall adopt the rules required by Section |
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| 31 | 31 | | 201.625, Transportation Code, as added by this Act. |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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