Bill Text: TX HB1226 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to highway maintenance vehicles and certain service vehicles.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-29 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB1226 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1226-Comm_Sub.html
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By: Lang, Talarico, Lambert, Buckley, et al. | H.B. No. 1226 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1226: | |||
By: Landgraf | C.S.H.B. No. 1226 |
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relating to highway maintenance vehicles and certain service | ||
vehicles. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 545.157(a), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) This section applies only to the following vehicles: | ||
(1) a stationary authorized emergency vehicle using | ||
visual signals that meet the requirements of Sections 547.305 and | ||
547.702; | ||
(2) a stationary tow truck using equipment authorized | ||
by Section 547.305(d); [ |
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(3) a Texas Department of Transportation vehicle or a | ||
highway maintenance vehicle operated pursuant to a contract awarded | ||
under Subchapter A, Chapter 223, not separated from the roadway by a | ||
traffic control channelizing device and using visual signals that | ||
comply with the standards and specifications adopted under Section | ||
547.105; and | ||
(4) a service vehicle used in the maintenance of an | ||
electrical power line and using visual signals that comply with the | ||
standards and specifications adopted under Section 547.105. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 547.001(2-b), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(2-b) "Highway maintenance vehicle" means a highway or | ||
traffic maintenance vehicle designated by the Texas Department of | ||
Transportation. The term includes equipment for: | ||
(A) road maintenance, including: | ||
(i) equipment for snow removal, line | ||
striping, skid resistance testing, sweeping, [ |
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guardrail repair, sign maintenance, and temporary traffic-control | ||
device placement or removal; | ||
(ii) aerial platform lift machines; and | ||
(iii) road profiler machines; and | ||
(B) off-road use, including motor graders, road | ||
rollers, excavators, pneumatic tire equipment, movers, and | ||
tractors. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |