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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the requirement that the results of an alcohol and drug |
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test taken by certain holders of a commercial driver's license be |
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reported to the Department of Public Safety. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 644.252(a), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) An employer required to conduct alcohol and drug testing |
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of an employee who holds a commercial driver's license under |
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Chapter 522 under federal safety regulations as part of the |
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employer's drug testing program or consortium, as defined by 49 |
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C.F.R. Part 382, shall report to the department: |
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(1) a valid positive result on an alcohol or drug test |
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performed and whether the specimen producing the result was a |
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dilute specimen, as defined by 49 C.F.R. Section 40.3; |
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(2) a refusal to provide a specimen for an alcohol or |
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drug test; or |
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(3) an adulterated specimen[, dilute specimen,] or |
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substituted specimen, as those terms are defined by 49 C.F.R. |
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Section 40.3, on an alcohol or drug test performed. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |