Bill Text: TX HB3771 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of the Texas Department of Transportation to adopt safety standards for high-speed rail.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/11 [HB3771 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB3771-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 3771 | ||
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| relating to the authority of the Texas Department of Transportation | ||
| to adopt safety standards for high-speed rail. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 111, Transportation Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 111.103 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 111.103. HIGH-SPEED RAIL SAFETY STANDARDS. (a) For | ||
| the purposes of this section, "high-speed rail" means passenger | ||
| rail service capable of operating at speeds greater than 185 miles | ||
| per hour. | ||
| (b) On application by a railroad company, the department by | ||
| rule may adopt safety standards for high-speed rail systems, | ||
| including rolling stock, for that railroad company. | ||
| (c) In adopting safety standards under Subsection (b), the | ||
| department: | ||
| (1) shall consider the safety records of high-speed | ||
| rail systems, including rolling stock, operated in countries with a | ||
| history of safe high-speed rail service; and | ||
| (2) may require the railroad company to construct | ||
| grade separations or physical barriers to isolate the railroad | ||
| company's high-speed rail systems from streets, roadways, or | ||
| existing freight or passenger railroads. | ||
| (d) A railroad company is not required to submit an | ||
| application to the department under Subsection (b) if the railroad | ||
| company is operating under safety standards approved by the Federal | ||
| Railroad Administration or another federal agency. | ||
| (e) The department by rule shall impose a reasonable fee on | ||
| a railroad company that submits an application under Subsection (b) | ||
| to recover costs incurred by the department in administering this | ||
| section. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 3771 was passed by the House on May 5, | ||
| 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 132, Nays 14, 1 present, not | ||
| voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
| No. 3771 on May 27, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 91, Nays 47, | ||
| 2 present, not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 3771 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
| amendments, on May 25, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays | ||
| 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
