TITLE: Relating to highway maintenance vehicles and certain service vehicles.

SUMMARY: Relating to highway maintenance vehicles and certain service vehicles.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to highway maintenance vehicles and certain service vehicles. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 545.157(a), Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) This section applies only to the following vehicles: (1) a stationary authorized emergency vehicle using visual signals that meet the requirements of Sections 547.305 and 547.702; (2) a stationary tow truck using equipment authorized by Section 547.305(d); [and] (3) a Texas Department of Transportation vehicle or a highway maintenance vehicle operated pursuant to a contract awarded under Subchapter A, Chapter 223, not separated from the roadway by a traffic control channelizing device and using visual signals that comply with the standards and specifications adopted under Section 547.105;and (4) a service vehicle used in the maintenance of an electrical power line and using visual signals that comply with the standards and specifications adopted under Section 547.105.SECTION 2. Section 547.001(2-b), Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows: (2-b) "Highway maintenance vehicle" means a highway or traffic maintenance vehicle designated by the Texas Department of Transportation. The term includes equipment for: (A) road maintenance, including: (i) equipment for snow removal, line striping, skid resistance testing, sweeping, [and] spraying,guardrail repair, sign maintenance, and temporary traffic-control device placement or removal;(ii) aerial platform lift machines; and (iii) road profiler machines; and (B) off-road use, including motor graders, road rollers, excavators, pneumatic tire equipment, movers, and tractors. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.