88R10857 BEE-D
 
  By: Hernandez H.B. No. 2717
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the maximum length of a train.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 112, Transportation Code,
  is amended by adding Section 112.004 to read as follows:
         Sec. 112.004.  MAXIMUM LENGTH OF TRAIN. A railroad company
  may not operate or permit to be operated on any part of a rail line
  in this state a train that is 8,500 feet in length or longer.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.