2005S0487-1  03/08/05


By:  Gallegos                                                     S.B. No. 1313


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to safety hotline posting requirements of employers in 
English and Spanish.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 411.081, Labor Code, is amended to read 
as follows:      
	Sec. 411.081.  TELEPHONE HOTLINE.  (a)  The division shall 
maintain a 24-hour toll-free telephone service in English and 
Spanish for reports of violations of occupational health or safety 
law.
	(b)  Each employer shall notify its employees of this service 
in a manner prescribed by the commission.  The commission shall 
require the notice to be posted in English and Spanish.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.