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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the use of certain types of steel slag in road |
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construction by the Texas Department of Transportation. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 223, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 223.0451 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 223.0451. USE OF STEEL SLAG FOR ROAD CONSTRUCTION. |
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Department design standards, guidelines, and specifications shall |
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require that contract specifications for a road construction |
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project allow for the use of electric arc furnace steel slag for |
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paving, bridge construction, and other appropriate road |
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construction unless that use is technically inappropriate |
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according to sound engineering principles or increases the cost of |
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that construction. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |