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