1-1 By: Finnell (Senate Sponsor - Moncrief) H.B. No. 1656
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 1993;
1-3 May 4, 1993, read first time and referred to Committee on State
1-4 Affairs; May 20, 1993, reported favorably by the following vote:
1-5 Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 20, 1993, sent to printer.)
1-6 COMMITTEE VOTE
1-7 Yea Nay PNV Absent
1-8 Harris of Dallas x
1-9 Rosson x
1-10 Carriker x
1-11 Henderson x
1-12 Leedom x
1-13 Lucio x
1-14 Luna x
1-15 Nelson x
1-16 Patterson x
1-17 Shelley x
1-18 Sibley x
1-19 West x
1-20 Whitmire x
1-21 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-22 AN ACT
1-23 relating to enhanced pavement marking visibility at certain
1-24 railroad grade crossings.
1-25 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-26 SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. In this Act:
1-27 (1) "Department" means the Texas Department of
1-28 Transportation.
1-29 (2) "Grade crossing" and "retroreflectorized material"
1-30 have the meanings assigned by Section 1, Chapter 269, Acts of the
1-31 71st Legislature, Regular Session, 1989 (Article 6370b, Vernon's
1-32 Texas Civil Statutes).
1-33 (3) "Pavement markings" means markings applied or
1-34 attached to the surface of a roadway for the purpose of regulating,
1-35 warning, or guiding traffic.
1-36 (4) "Stop bar" means the marking that is applied or
1-37 attached to the surface of a roadway on either side of a grade
1-38 crossing and that indicates that a vehicle must stop at the grade
1-39 crossing.
1-40 SECTION 2. IMPROVED PAVEMENT MARKINGS AT CERTAIN GRADE
1-41 CROSSINGS. A county or municipality shall use standards developed
1-42 by the department in applying pavement markings or a stop bar at a
1-43 grade crossing if the cost of the markings or stop bar is paid
1-44 either entirely or partly from state or federal funds. In
1-45 developing its standards, the department shall follow the standards
1-46 in the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices issued by the
1-47 United States Department of Transportation Federal Highway
1-48 Administration and, where appropriate, require the use of
1-49 retroreflectorized materials.
1-50 SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect September
1-51 1, 1993.
1-52 SECTION 4. EMERGENCY. The importance of this legislation
1-53 and the crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-54 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-55 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-56 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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1-58 Austin,
1-59 Texas
1-60 May 20, 1993
1-61 Hon. Bob Bullock
1-62 President of the Senate
1-63 Sir:
1-64 We, your Committee on State Affairs to which was referred H.B.
1-65 No. 1656, have had the same under consideration, and I am
1-66 instructed to report it back to the Senate with the recommendation
1-67 that it do pass and be printed.
1-68 Harris of
2-1 Dallas, Chairman
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2-3 WITNESSES
2-4 FOR AGAINST ON
2-5 ___________________________________________________________________
2-6 Name: Jim Atchley x
2-7 Representing: United Transportation Union
2-8 City: Austin
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2-10 Name: Dennis Kearns x
2-11 Representing: Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Ra
2-12 City: Austin
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2-14 Name: John L. Eck x
2-15 Representing: Texas Railroad Assn
2-16 City: Austin
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2-18 Name: Sam Arrington x
2-19 Representing: United Transportation Union
2-20 City: Austin
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