89R5975 GP-D
By: Turner H.B. No. 2270
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the disclosure of certain information regarding a
record of a collision or violation involving a person operating a
railroad locomotive or train.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 192.005, Transportation Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 192.005. RECORD OF COLLISION OR VIOLATION. If a person
operating a railroad locomotive or train is involved in a collision
with another train, [or] a motor vehicle, or a pedestrian or is
arrested for violation of a law relating to the person's operation
of a railroad locomotive or train:
(1) the number of or other identifying information on
the person's driver's license or commercial driver's license may not
be included in any report of the collision or violation; and
(2) the person's involvement in the collision or
violation may not be recorded in the person's individual driving
record maintained by the Department of Public Safety.
SECTION 2. Chapter 192, Transportation Code, is amended by
adding Section 192.006 to read as follows:
Sec. 192.006. DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN INFORMATION FROM RECORD
OF COLLISION OR VIOLATION. The personally identifying information
of a railroad locomotive or train crew or the communications
between a train crew and a law enforcement agency that are included
in a report of a collision or violation described by Section
192.005(1) may not be disclosed except:
(1) as necessary within the scope of the person's
duties:
(A) to a law enforcement officer or agent; or
(B) to a state attorney;
(2) to the railroad company;
(A) on whose tracks the collision or violation
occurred; or
(B) who employed the crew at the time of the
collision or violation;
(3) to a regulatory agency with oversight of
railroads; or
(4) to a person specifically authorized by court order
to receive the information, if access to the information is
necessary to the performance of the person's duties.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.