Bill Text: TX HB3771 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Engrossed
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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-Engrossed.html
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-Engrossed.html
| By: Harper-Brown | H.B. No. 3771 | |
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| relating to the authority of the Texas Department of Transportation | ||
| to approve safety standards for high-speed rail; authorizing a fee. | ||
| 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; FEES. (a) | ||
| Upon application by a railroad, the department by rule may adopt | ||
| safety standards for high-speed passenger rail rolling stock and | ||
| systems designed to operate at speeds in excess of 185 miles per | ||
| hour for that railroad. | ||
| (b) The department may require the high-speed rail system to | ||
| be isolated by grade separations or physical barriers from streets | ||
| and roadways and existing freight or passenger railroads. | ||
| (c) The department shall consider safety records of rolling | ||
| stock and systems operating internationally in countries with a | ||
| history of safe commercial high-speed passenger rail service. | ||
| (d) A railroad is not required to seek approval of | ||
| high-speed rail safety standards from the department if it is | ||
| operating under standards approved by the Federal Railroad | ||
| Administration or other federal authority. | ||
| (e) The department by rule shall adopt reasonable fees to | ||
| recover all costs to administer 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. | ||
