89R8981 AND-D
By: Leo Wilson, et al. H.B. No. 787
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 787:
By: Craddick C.S.H.B. No. 787
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the restarting of a vehicle's battery while the vehicle
is being transported on the Galveston-Port Bolivar ferry;
authorizing a fee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 342, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 342.005 to read as follows:
Sec. 342.005. RESTARTING VEHICLE BATTERY ON GALVESTON-PORT
BOLIVAR FERRY. (a) The operator of a vehicle being transported on
the Galveston-Port Bolivar ferry operated by the department may
attempt to restart the vehicle's battery only if a ferry employee
confirms the absence of hazardous gas. At the request of the
vehicle operator, a ferry employee who has completed the training
described by Subsection (b) shall check for hazardous gas.
(b) The department shall:
(1) provide training to ferry employees regarding the
safe use of equipment to detect hazardous gas; and
(2) provide and maintain in good operating condition
equipment for detecting hazardous gas.
(c) The department may charge a fee for providing the
service described by Subsection (a) in an amount set by the
department that is reasonable and necessary to cover the costs of
administering this section.
(d) Nothing in this section requires a ferry employee to
attempt to restart the battery of a vehicle being transported on the
Galveston-Port Bolivar ferry operated by the department.
SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2025, the Texas
Department of Transportation shall adopt rules necessary to
administer Section 342.005, Transportation Code, as added by this
Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.