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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to training on the treatment of toll project roadways |
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during inclement weather. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 372, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 372.059 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 372.059. TREATMENT OF TOLL ROADWAY DURING INCLEMENT |
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WEATHER. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a toll project |
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entity that treats a roadway maintained by the entity during icy or |
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snowy weather shall require each employee or contractor who |
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performs the treatment to complete a training course on treating |
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roadways during icy or snowy weather in the same manner as a |
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department employee who treats roadways during icy or snowy |
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weather. |
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(b) The department shall make training courses that it |
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provides to department employees available to a person required to |
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receive training under Subsection (a) and may adopt rules as |
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necessary to implement this section. |
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(c) The department may authorize a toll project entity to |
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require that an employee or contractor complete a training course |
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provided by another entity that includes substantially the same |
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information as a course provided by the department. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |