88R15058 AJZ-D
 
  By: Romero, Jr. H.B. No. 4797
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to training on the treatment of toll project roadways
  during inclement weather.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 372, Transportation Code,
  is amended by adding Section 372.059 to read as follows:
         Sec. 372.059.  TREATMENT OF TOLL ROADWAY DURING INCLEMENT
  WEATHER. (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), a toll project
  entity that treats a roadway maintained by the entity during icy or
  snowy weather shall require each employee or contractor who
  performs the treatment to complete a training course on treating
  roadways during icy or snowy weather in the same manner as a
  department employee who treats roadways during icy or snowy
  weather.
         (b)  The department shall make training courses that it
  provides to department employees available to a person required to
  receive training under Subsection (a) and may adopt rules as
  necessary to implement this section.
         (c)  The department may authorize a toll project entity to
  require that an employee or contractor complete a training course
  provided by another entity that includes substantially the same
  information as a course provided by the department.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.