By: Hagenbuch S.B. No. 2807
(In the Senate - Filed March 14, 2025; April 7, 2025, read
first time and referred to Committee on Transportation;
April 23, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9,
Nays 0; April 23, 2025, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the considerations when determining whether an operator
of a motor vehicle is an employee of a motor carrier or an
independent contractor.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subtitle F, Title 7, Transportation Code, is
amended by adding Chapter 644A to read as follows:
CHAPTER 644A. MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY IMPROVEMENT: EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Sec. 644A.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Motor carrier" has the meaning assigned by
Section 643.001.
(2) "Motor carrier safety improvement" means any
device, equipment, software, technology, procedure, training,
policy, program, or operational practice that is intended and
primarily used to improve or facilitate:
(A) compliance with traffic safety or motor
carrier safety laws;
(B) safety of a motor vehicle;
(C) safety of an operator of a motor vehicle; and
(D) safety of third-party users of public
roadways.
Sec. 644A.002. EMPLOYMENT STATUS. The deployment,
implementation, or use of a motor carrier safety improvement by or
as required by a motor carrier or a related entity, including
through contract, may not be considered when determining whether
the operator of a motor vehicle is an employee or joint employee of
the motor carrier or an independent contractor for purposes of
state law.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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