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Senate Bill 481 |
Senate Author: Carona |
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Effective: 9-1-09 |
House Sponsor: Veasey |
Senate Bill 481 amends provisions of the Transportation Code that apply only to a contract carrier that transports an operating employee of a railroad on a road or highway of Texas in a vehicle designed to carry 15 or fewer passengers. The bill requires Department of Public Safety (DPS) rules regulating the operation of such a contract carrier to require the contract carrier to perform alcohol and drug testing of vehicle operators on employment, on suspicion of alcohol or drug abuse, and periodically as determined by DPS and to require the contract carrier, at a minimum, to maintain liability insurance in the amount of $1.5 million for each vehicle. The bill requires DPS to inform contract carriers and railroad companies that employ contract carriers of the requirements of Texas statutes applicable to contract carriers.