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* Texas bills with eye on trucking rules advance
TX,USA -Land Line Magazine (Grain Valley,MO), by Keith Goble -April 6, 2007: -- Several bills of interest to the trucking industry recently won approval in the Texas Senate. They’ve been forwarded to the state’s House for further consideration... Among the bills: One is a measure intended to curb unsafe trucking operations... The bill would prohibit motor carriers from operating intrastate if the FMCSA has prohibited them from operating in interstate commerce because of safety concerns. It also would prohibit an employer from knowingly permitting a person to drive such a vehicle if the employer is subject to an out-of-service order affecting a driver or vehicle... Another bill would change the maximum length for saddlemount vehicle transporter combinations in the state from 75 feet to 97 feet... Two more bills deal with cargo securement. One would add refuse and aggregates to the list of material that must be covered to prevent from blowing or spilling from trucks. State law now includes sand, gravel, dirt and wood chips under the items that must be covered... Other bill would allow haulers to be penalized for failure to properly secure cargo before an incident occurs... The bill – HB1184 – would have lowered from 10 minutes to 5 minutes the amount of time streets, railroad crossings or highways can be blocked by trains...
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